A new school term, a new school prefect photo. And like so many school prefect photos, far more revealing than the participants would have liked. Take Theresa May, her legs neatly folded away from Amber Rudd on her right. It’s as if her body is already telling her this is a working relationship that will end in tears. Theresa is all up for immigration controls, her home secretary far less so.
Then there’s Boris spreading his legs wide to let the world know that he is open for business even if Britain isn’t. Next to him is Justine Greening, a picture of misery at having a grammar school policy dumped on her desk that she doesn’t believe in.
David Davis and Liam Fox have been kept as far apart as possible, but for how long is anyone’s guess. Both of them are more than capable of falling out with themselves, let alone each other. And spare a thought for Jeremy Hunt, leaning in to the photo as if he knows it’s only a matter of time before he’s airbrushed out of it.
It’s a photo that says the clock is ticking. The odds on them all being there this time next year are almost nil. Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair ...
