Ed Davey’s slick publicity strategy is working. Today the LibDem leader fell into the water no fewer than five times while paddle-boarding in Windermere with Tim Farron. That’s enough goes to get a few good camera angles for the broadcasters…

As usual almost everyone has fallen for it. The only way for the LibDems to get people to notice their party conference last September was for Davey to get pushed off a canoe by a candidate. Sunak was just following the real trailblazer…