After Truss wilted and the victorious veg went viral, a new sideshow transpired over the weekend as scandal-hit ex-PM Boris Johnson – forced from office just three months ago – flew back from his latest holiday to stage a last-gasp bid for the Conservative leadership.
By 2pm on Monday it was all over, and as Sunak prepared to enter Downing Street as the UK’s third prime minister this year, travel bosses were calling for an end to the “theatre of politics” to have engulfed Westminster these past few weeks.
