The latest register of members’ interests sheds some light on the financial support of Tory leader hopefuls. By the end of last month, candidates raked in the cash from top Tory donors, with Jenrick outgunning his rivals raising £250,000. Notably, the firm owned by Nadhim Zahawi’s wife was one of his top donors. Meanwhile, Badenoch’s team comes in second, raising just under £200,000, and Patel garnered £180,000, though sadly for her donors, the result hasn’t been Priti. It’s worth remembering these are just the donations published so far. There’s still another two months to go…

The final four on Tuesday next week will have to hand £50,000 to the Tory party, with the last two having to fork out a further £150,000 cheque to the “broke” CCHQ under the ‘pay-to-play’ rules. Money talks…