Holiday watch in yesterday’s Sun column. First up is hard man David Davis who ditched the chance to don his t-shirt and shorts on an Ibiza beach à la Dave, instead racing around in high-powered cars and shooting machine guns. The former TA man was visiting “old friends in Hereford” – the home to the SAS.

Meanwhile Eric Pickles has just got back from leading a business delegation to Kerala, India. Guido can confirm from personal experience that Kerala’s famous curries are the best in all of India, so could this explain the Minister responsible for local government’s 7,000 mile trip? When Guido asked Pickles he was having none of it, insisting that he was promoting exports; “I went to India to explain the benefits and beauty of the British balti”. Time well spent, Guido is sure…