Good morning, and good news: there are no more Conservative hustings events for you to definitely not watch. After last night’s finale, and with the ballot closing tomorrow at 5pm, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’ campaigns are effectively over.
While anyone arriving early at Wembley Arena for this month’s Jordan Peterson or Paw Patrol live shows would have been disappointed, they might at least have recognised the evening’s key themes: a man’s barely submerged feelings of bitterness and entitlement on the one hand, and unconvincing facial animation on the other.
