SHUNTED INTO THE SIDINGS

RENT-A-QUOTE remoaner Lord adonis, a former Labour minister, is musing about whether to emigrate if Boris Johnson or Jacob rees-Mogg become PM.

saying he has considered France and his native Cyprus, he writes in the New statesman that Ireland may be the ideal bolthole. as a former transport minister, he says he admires Ireland’s train network.

‘all suggestions of quaint stations gratefully received,’ he says, ‘especially if there’s an old stationmaster’s house for sale!’