This was no rehearsal for the coronation to come. Instead, last night’s leadership special on Sky News featuring Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak sprang a surprise. It was actually interesting and revealing and it showed that the contest to be Britain’s next prime minister could yet go to the wire.

Tory failure to scrap the BBC licence fee is another nail in the party’s coffin
This Ponzi scheme of the airwaves stopped being viable many years ago.