Tory stalking donkey Adam Afriyie has written to his constituents stressing his plot is all but dead in the water and that he has “no intention of standing against David Cameron.” Apparently the media have been “false and misleading”, although he does admit to “working hard with a large number of MPs to support the leadership with policies that will help win a Conservative majority in 2015.” Very hard…

Afriyie also discusses the treatment by the Mail of his wife:

“Tracy-Jane and I are both deeply upset by the nasty and personal insinuations, in particular by the Daily Mail. We are relieved that the baseless story has now been withdrawn from their website.”

No mention of the dozens of supportive letters from other backbenchers that Adam still claims to have locked in his safe…