Oh, what a night! We went to an election party in a gay club in Vauxhall, London, me in the most shimmery, celebratory top ever, a buoyant, anti-Tory crowd, music thumping, joy as the exit polls came through. And also rising concern about Reform’s predicted 13 seats. I was not worried, I said. That number was too high. (Should have put a bet on that.) And, anyway, Reform MPs would soon disappoint the electorate. Can you imagine the Grand Leader going to Clacton every week to deal with a line of troubled constituents?
This morning brought more good cheer. The entitled Jacob Rees-Mogg and Liz Truss… gone! GB News told us the latter would be defeated by the Reform candidate, but she lost to Labour’s Terry Jermy in South West Norfolk. Gone, too, the shapeshifting Grant Shapps, plus Johnny Mercer and Penny Mordant, both exceedingly self-important. Jeremy Hunt hangs in there with his fingernails.
Every one of these downfalls surpasses the Portillo........