Patrick Sullivan is the Tory activist who sombrely told Newsnight he had complained about Mark Clarke’s behaviour as far back as 2010. He also featured heavily in the Mail on Sunday, claiming Clarke subjected him to a “terrifying ambush with two henchmen” last week. Yet they weren’t always such bitter enemies…

On 17 August, just four months ago, Sullivan described Clarke as a “wonderful potential MP”, sharing a post by one time Clarke ally turned enemy Paul Abbott:

So Sullivan complained about Clarke in 2010, then backed him for parliament this summer, and now says he was a wrong ‘un all along? Very odd…