The Tories have a leader who can't think on her feet - or sitting down, for that matter

You would have thought that one embarrassment would have been enough for Kemi Badenoch this week.

- John Crace

That she would have had time to reflect on her performance during Tuesday’s Gaza statement and decided that being the only person in Britain who is actually against a ceasefire between Israel and Gaza was not a great stance.

But self-awareness just isn’t Badenoch’s strong point. Throughout her life, people have told her she can achieve anything if she tries hard enough and she’s made the fatal mistake of believing them. Of course, she might argue that she has proved the doubters wrong. She has become leader of the Tory party, after all - though that’s not the job it used to be. Badenoch had come to yesterday’s prime minister’s questions pumped up to continue her interrogation over the collapse of the China spying case. Just as everyone had expected. Not least, Keir Starmer, who opened the session with a lengthy statement.