We are not even at the end of the first week of the election campaign and yet Rishi Sunak is on his second or maybe third pep talk to his campaign staff. Certainly not the orthodox way to start a campaign. So far the ‘highlights’ have been: catastrophic launch, pictured by an Exit sign and perhaps the best metaphorical picture op – posing at the Titanic docks in Belfast. Still, as the song goes…’things can only get better..’ unless of course this is As Good as it gets.

Meanwhile as can be seen above the garden is coming along really well. A bit of rain now and then isn’t such a bad thing – not sure Rishi Sunak would agree.