Guido hears shadow cabinet secretaries Coutinho and Trott have written draft endorsement op-eds for fellow female shadow cabinet member Kemi Badenoch in this weekend’s Sunday papers. The endorsements are reportedly set to kickstart Badenoch’s attempts to woo MPs ahead Wednesday’s crucial first round ballot…

Rival camps tell Guido they are “unsurprised.” One quipped: “You can’t forge a path to forty votes on the back of two of your pals from Cabinet.” Another said: “Claire’s been going round telling everyone her best chance of a tilt at the job herself is the leader blowing up after three years.“ That’s a yellow card if anything is…