George Osborne’s official spokesman has been in touch to say that, despite the whispers on the ground, the Chancellor does not have his eyes on Kensington and will, so long as the voters will have him, remain a Cheshire MP when the new boundaries come into play at the next election. The new constituency Osborne will stand in is likely to be Northwich. Rifkind’s people also point out that he has supposedly been going to the Lord’s since 1997.  Nevertheless the richest Conservative Association in the country likes to have as their MP a potential future leader of the Conservative Party, the original moderniser and leadership contender Portillo preceded Malcolm Rifkind, who many forget  stood for the leadership against Cameron.  You never know when they could call for Boris…