Chris Mason

other colleagues in political journalism were tweeting, they were saying things like, oh, number 10 feel a bit chipper on Tuesday night because they think maybe the immediate drama might have passed.

Yes, let's just dwell on this actual moment of political theatre because sometimes we get a bit hung up on the comings and goings in Downing Street.

But here was one where the coming and the going told the story.

I mean, although... Well, there's multiple versions of what it could say.

Depends on the size of the coffee.

Well, this is it.

Yeah, depends if it's a lungo or an espresso.

A what?

A lungo?

Yeah, it's a very long coffee.

Oh, I've never heard of it.

I think it might be one particular coffee brand, though.

Not to turn this into an episode of The Clothes Show, I've just noticed Faisal is wearing Christmas socks.

We've had four seasons in one day.

We might have had two prime ministers in one day.

We're now celebrating Christmas early or very late, depending on how you look at it.

It's Christmas for you lot, you political obsessives.

I mean, Nick Robinson of the Today programme said you shouldn't accuse political journalists of wanting it to be Christmas.

Faisal, if you just pause the narrative of the day there.

What effect does this have on, I was joking about the bond markets there, but all this instability, even if actually nothing has happened, does have an impact on how much it costs the government to borrow money, of which it does a lot.