Possible Clues:

• 12 nod off at subtle malicious comment
• Suggestion ruling member's done wrong, getting fresh earlier, reportedly
• Funny nun done one (nudge nudge, wink wink …
• Element of negative campaigning
• Intimate act lit Hanover Square up above
• A sly slur comes to an end in the union organisation
• Indirect reference or intimation
• Pub you heard to finish with nothing from subtle slur
• Disorganised union admits end is hinted at by implication
• Rude suggestion