So no more dropouts after Sam Gyimah’s departure earlier this afternoon. The first ballot will be held on Thursday.
There’s little evidence from the history of either main party to suggest that it has counted much to date electorally – if at all.
The present election will turn on whether MPs and activists put national popularity before ideological soundness.
The 1922 Committee Executive has already pointed her towards the exit door. It should now take her gently by the arm, and steer her through it as soon as possible.
In a field this crowded and with an electorate so, er, sophisticated, make no assumptions about which names will be forwarded to Party members.
The alternatives we publish today range from airfields to supertrams, roads to rail, bicycles to bridges.
This is the post she has long wanted, and will have been disappointed not to get last time round.
Such as: do you see Brexit as a help or a hindrance – and what’s your vision for our post-Leave country?
The EU won’t grant us a long extension for fear of what European elections here would produce. If we hold our nerve, the UK will Brexit on WTO terms in April.