Plus: A telling speech by George Osborne, the pleasing election of Philip Davies. Reading the Morning Star, just for a laugh. And: Andy Carroll walks on water.
Their falling-out is an open wound that risks infection.
A reminder that most constituencies are not Richmond Park, and most voters are not Continuity Remainers.
The result changes nothing on Heathrow – or Brexit.
He says there isn’t a Conservative candidate opposing him in Richmond Park because ‘local Conservatives feel as passionately and strongly about this issue as I do’.
There is a solid case for the Conservatives not running a candidate against him.
It is part of the topsy-turvy nature of modern politics that the Liberal Democrats, left for dead little more than 18 months ago, find themselves almost the favourites.
He has informed his local association that he is honouring his pledge.
This negative Toryism can eke out victories against average opponents, but it is no guide to winning well – or at all at a time when capitalism is being questioned.
What the claims and post-mortems will look like – and, either way, there will be at least one Commons by-election.
The Richmond Park MP has demonstrated that he has the independent spirit which helped the last two Mayors to victory.
Having secured a thumping endorsement from his Richmond Park constituents, the environmentalist and Eurosceptic officially joins the race.