At the slightest sniff of self-promotion you don’t want to get in the way of the up and rising Tory boys and girls. The Standard have been working on a piece about Tories with interesting backgrounds and gathered a select few at the Radisson Hotel for a photo-shoot. The word quickly spread and soon the great and good of Young Conservatives wanted a piece of the action…

Despite not being in the piece, Conservative Future chairman Ben Howlett demanded to be in the shot in a less than charming manner. There were threats of access being revoked, despite having no such powers, and eventually the photographer walked out on the whole thing declaring he hadn’t had anyone be so rude to him in a very long time. He accurately pointed out that there were far more important people for him to photograph. He only returned once, and on the condition that, the esteemed chairman had been asked to leave. Guido hears complaints have been made…