Rishi Sunak, the British prime minister, must often ponder why he bothered seeking the leadership of the Conservative Party. After another week bruising week in parliament, he would have had more success herding cats at a crossroads than trying to marshal the cannibalistic tendencies of the maverick misfits on his backbenches.

To add to this indignity, Sir Simon Clarke MP (described as a “senior Tory”) called on Sunak to go, as he believed the latter was leading the Tories towards an election massacre.

Clarke is unlikely to be a household name to Irish News readers or indeed to many voters in Britain. He was a cabinet minister for all of 12 months under the charlatan Boris Johnson and then was secretary for housing and levelling up for a mere 49 days in the ill fated administration of Liz Truss.

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