Keen golfer Tim Yeo called for firing cover from the Downing Street bunker yesterday, protesting the Sunday Times’ hole-in-one. A little birdy tells Guido that Yeo was desperate to get out of the rough, after trying his luck with a wedge. He was rather teed off when the message from the clubhouse was “don’t call us, we’ll call you Tim”. Guido would not be surprised if he’s feeling a bit below par today…

The lay of the land may have been different had Yeo ever been helpful to Dave. Downing Street sources point to his recent “is the Prime Minister a man or a mouse” intervention. It was a fore gone conclusion…