Oh, we’ve always been the junior partner at NSF DG, we just pretend otherwise.

Yeah, I'm not sold on those numbers either.

Cleverly could run the table here. Does he want to face Badenoch or Jenrick? He could loan votes to either to make it happen and almost certainly be sure of qualifying.

That’s the Johnson narrative - where he can blame the traitorous Sue Grey who then went on to work for Starmer, so must have been plotting from the start. Of course, that’s not the truth, but it is Johnson’s truth, which is what matters to him. Credible deniability in his own head.

What if the Tory selectorate had gone for Sunak first time round?

We also presume that this would have been the last scandal.

Setting aside that this is a niche electorate, I'm not sure that any of Stride's vote will go Badenoch. There's a chance they've met her and that doesn't bode well. I think there's a better chance that Cleverly overhauls her into second place.

Got to learn the hard way.

That’s a very personal question

There’s a lovely suite in the Midland Hotel. Ideal for a speech of some sort.