It was an early start to make Rishi Sunak’s plane to the NATO summit in Lithuania: my alarm went off at 3.30am.
A shower, one half mug of Yorkshire Tea and a final check my passport was in my bag and I was ready.
Bleary-eyed and clutching my mobile phones, my black North Face backpack slung over my right shoulder, trailing my overnight Tripp case behind me and my dark blue Charles Tyrwhitt Super 120s suit jacket tucked into the crook of my arm, I climbed into the rear passenger-side seat of the black Volkswagen Sharan taxi at 4.15am.
