The PM’s big boy trousers

The PM has a lot on his plate. He’s trying to hold his fractious, divided party together, justify keeping Suella Braverman in the cabinet, fix the economy (which his predecessor broke) and, on top of all that, tune into I’m A Celebrity every night to find out what Matt Hancock is up to.

But still, you’d think Rishi Sunak could find time to get a pair of trousers to fit him. He and his heiress wife have a combined family fortune of £730 million, so he’s not lacking a bob or two. Why then are his suits so short? Is it, as expert tailors suggest, because a longer ankle silhouette – I’m not making this up – might help the 5ft 6in premier look a little longer himself?

Which brings me to the best wisecrack of the year from comedian Frankie Boyle. Rishi Sunak isn’t allowed to make speeches at night, in case owls

carry him away.