I got in from my trundle earlier to read the news that Nadhim Zahawi has now defected to Reform. Of course I automatically flew into a spasm of rage – anything to do with that group of deranged xenophobes irritates me like a bee sting. But now that I come to think about it, you have to wonder what it might mean. It’s obviously one of the biggest political news stories we’ve seen in a while: on the one hand, it’s obviously a sign that Reform are getting bigger and stronger as a political party, which should be an anathema to any sensible, intelligent person. On the other hand though, it’s also obviously a sign that the Tories are getting weaker. Zahawi was once their chancellor after all, so could the defection of someone once so high up in the party be a sign of something quite major? The beginning of the end of the whole Conservative party, perhaps? Then again, as fond of that thought as I might be, with global politics looking like it does, I dread to think what far right scumbaggery we might get in it’s place.