“Lord Saatchi, the former Conservative chairman, charged the party �1.5 million for the services of his advertising companies in the general election campaign that he helped to create.”

Combine that with the news that ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has threatened to throw a hissy fit if the party doesn’t select someone that he likes, and it looks rather like there could be yet another childish meltdown at Central Office on the cards. Not that anyone gives a flying fuck about what Duncan Smith thinks, obviously, but still…