Sunak seems to be loving defeated life. In a light-hearted preamble to his soft response to the King’s Speech, he summarised his career in reference to Labour’s Florence Eshalomi:

“Now The Honorable Lady will have been picked to second the loyal address because the Whip’s office have got her down as one who will go far. If I may offer some words of advice to members opposite on the government benches: life comes at you fast. Soon you might be fortunate enough to be tapped on the shoulder and offered a junior ministerial role. Then you’ll find yourself attending cabinet, then in the cabinet, and then, when the Prime Minister’s position becomes untenable, you might you might end up being called to the highest office. And before you know it you have a bright future behind you and and you are left wondering whether you can credibly be an elder statesman at the age of 44.”

He’s not wrong…