There will be the clinking of champagne glasses in Notting Hill, Iain Dale might permit himself a cackle and Nicholas Boles will do a victory dance. Simon Heffer is off. He is withdrawing his support for the Conservative party under David Cameron.

The man who wrote that Cameron’s Conservatives are “not really of an intellectual stature worthy of my wanting to engage in debate with” will Guido understands* endorse UKIP at a meeting next Monday in Bromley with Nigel Farrage. Yes, the Hefferlump has found his true home with the intellectuals of UKIP. Guido will definitely order a better bottle of wine this lunchtime.

*See just like Nick Robinson, Guido “understands” things.