Don’t get Guido wrong, it was a good idea to go to Georgia and show solidarity with a democracy on the receiving end of resurgent Russian imperialism. Guido just can’t help noticing that it is right next door to Turkey, where Dave is today on holiday.

Genius; gives him a “right on” excuse to justify the carbon emissions from Lord Ashcroft’s jet (did he fly ConAir?), doesn’t inconvenience Samantha and the kids too much so no “are we nearly there yet?”, and gives him a fabulous statesman-like photo-op. Trust Guido on this, the boy will go far…