Despite rumours on Saturday night that Rishi threatened to quit over the second lockdown, Sunak now seems more than resigned to the plan. Far from the abounding energy of a few months ago, he now seems much more accepting of mass redundancies, even with the extension of furlough; telling Today listeners:

“Sadly many more will [lose their jobs], and that’s going to happen as a result of the restrictions we’re putting in place”

A bleak start to the government’s day as they face an uphill battle selling the lockdown u-turn to Tory MPs ahead of the Commons vote…