Stories in today's papers suggest that the conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith can expect a visit from the men in grey suits during the coming week "advising" him to step down. Apparently it is felt that the most likely replacement for him is Michael Howard.
Apart from the fact that he seems very much one of yesterday's men, was he not the former leadership candidate described by Ann Widdecombe as having "something of the night" about him?
The Conservative Party surely does need a new leader, but I hope it won't be him.