Surrounded by a bobbing sea of orange placards, the Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, gleefully popped his head around a bright blue door emblazoned with the slogan “It’s time to show Boris the door”.
The Lib Dems have always loved a cheeky byelection photocall, but this one on Friday morning was particularly sweet after their extraordinary victory in the rural constituency of Tiverton and Honiton – a third political earthquake after Chesham and Amersham a year ago and North Shropshire in December.
