I don't think anyone is in any doubt that Boris will not be the next prime minister. However, I do believe that his critics have seriously misjudged the mood of the country and that's something the Conservative contingent at least, will live to regret. People have suffered a hard few years and with the prospect of even harder times looming for many, they want strong leadership and stability - and four prime ministers in six years doesn't provide anything approaching that. Additionally, had there been a viable alternative waiting in the wings it may have been easier to excuse this deliberate act of vandalism, but there wasn't and there isn't. Liz Truss will be a disaster - and so would Sunak - both self-promoting, impotent nonentities punching far above their weight. Nevertheless, full steam ahead, and regardless of the outcome, the assassins went for it, and in the process have thrown the country to the dogs, something that quite bizarrely, appears to be not only welcomed, but gleefully relished, by some here. Perhaps they, like the ineffectual wet weekend that is Starmer, think that with Boris out of the way, Labour can triumph, but he and they going to be sadly mistaken. Even if Truss lasts the course - and I have my doubts - the result of the next election will be a parliament in chaos. I wonder what they deserve? A pat on the back - or a swift kick up the backside? Time will tell - and it won’t take long in saying it.