It would seem likely that the great and the good running our country are gearing up for a leadership election. It appears that Boris Johnson is seeking to cut May's attempt to reset the Brexit talks via her Florence speech next week off at the knees by setting out his "vision" of a post-Brexit world (low regulation, low tax, no transition and a red coach outside every NHS hospital promising jam tomorrow).

Probably a precursor to a leadership challenge from the Brexit cabal who see some of their party colleagues when confronted with the realities of previous rhetoric moving to softer positions. Meanwhile the country twists in the wind whilst all this self-indulgent vanity plays itself out.