■ AS RISHI SUNAK

ponders his future, I do hope his parents aren’t nursing grievances against those who failed to back their boy in the leadership contest — such as plain-speaking Tory MP

Royston Smith. ‘I decided to take no part in the process,’ says Smith. A bit of a blow for Dr Yashvir and Usha Sunak — who live in Southampton, where Smith is an MP.