Out of the shadows, into the shadow cabinet for what looks like a Kemi Kaze mission

Out of the shadows, into the shadow cabinet for what looks like a Kemi Kaze mission

- John Grace

Just do the maths. There are 120 other Tory MPs from which Kemi Badenoch can select her ministerial team. Or put it another way, there's about a one in five chance of any MP making it into the shadow cabinet and a near 100% chance of becoming a ministerial bag carrier. These are days of plenty for ambitious young Tory MPs with one eye on their own careers. It just requires a different mindset.

There again, not every Tory MP will necessarily want a place in Kemi's team. James Cleverly very publicly snubbed his new boss at the weekend, saying he'd rather return to the backbenches than carry on as shadow home secretary. He was fed up with having to defend someone else's brainless policies.