The knives were out and many fell while I was away. Does anyone know if Nick Sheridan Westlake survived at Tory HQ, or did he get the sack? I suppose I could call the switchboard and ask for him, but that would be like, journalism, y’know, and Guido is a blogger after all.

Has he taken up hairdressing? That was, Guido felt, his true calling.

If anyone knows what he is up to nowadays, can you contact me (details in the box on the right).

Fellow blogger Iain Dale has stopped blogging and is now Basher Davis’ Chief-of-Staff. Strangely, no one asked Guido to run their leadership campaign or become their Chief-of-Staff…