[Crabcakes]

In Sunak's case I'm sure it's because it's horribly thin skinned. In Braverman's case while I expect that's also true, I wonder if part of her dislikes the insinuation she's a sellout to her family background because it's an uncomfortable reminder that the people she wants to appeal to would be perfectly happy to see her occupying the exact same gulags and camps they'd love to shove everyone they consider undesirable into. And no prizes for guessing what single criteria will be used to decide undesirability.

[Philip Marlow]

I’m sure this tweet in particular went down well.

Whether they’d actually have chucked her out or not, her support for Hussain presents the party with a gift wrapped opportunity to portray her as the real bigot. If she’d been willing to toe the line on the culture war stuff, or just keep her mouth shut, things might’ve been different. Can’t say I don’t think better of her for declining.

[Youngian]

I know Frost doesn't write headlines but an abscence of self-awareness prevents him from asking the subs desk not to make him look a tit.

[Malcolm Armsteen]

An apt response.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Theresa May's pointed out that it might have been a good idea to take the Lib Dems a bit more seriously. While I don't necessarily think that all the Tory-LD switcher are liberals, I think it's hard to deny she's right.

Nick Timothy takes it as well as you'd expect. "Centre ground" is fairly well-disposed to people who move to Britain for work, as it happens.