Brave faces hurt the most. None more so than the one worn by a PM caving into pressure from his Cabinet and party, while still vowing to stay until the autumn.
But when the Conservative Party hits the emergency button, as it did by ousting a leader who had delivered a major election victory less than three years ago, the shift is immediate. Nothing fades as fast as power extinguished. No matter how mighty the leader, the deep-state machinery of its backbench 1922 committee makes the running.
