Should Australia drop Mitchell Starc? It doesn't matter whether you hold strong views on the fast bowler's inability to take wickets with the old ball, or whether you've never heard of the bloke. The real question is this: would his replacement be better or worse?
And it is the same question Conservative MPs are asking themselves. They see a prime minister who has taken the party to 20+ points behind in the polls and a Number 10 media operation performing so badly that a news story about a Tory donor making racist comments – which might have lasted no longer than a day if handled correctly – consumed the best part of a week.
