Rory Stewart

So no British planes flying.

Correct.

Right.

No, I don't think it's 100% accurate.

But it is also true that certainly when I was in government, Tim had a lot of people on speed dial.

And there are lots of MPs who will be talking to him and giving him advice.

It's completely shocking.

And as you say, Gavin Williamson was fired for doing this.

But I was really struck as a minister how angry.

I remember Tim Shipman getting very angry with me because I wouldn't talk.

And him saying, you know, I don't see how you're presenting yourself as an insurgent candidate running to be the prime minister if you're not talking to journalists.

So the deal which Liz Truss benefited from is the more that you have a good relationship, the more they promote you.

And so if you are...

West Streeting, or you're Angela Rayner, or I don't know, you're Shabana Mahmood, you're thinking, well, these connections help to boost my stock.

We have to remain with the big story and not get caught into the weeds of this too much.

And I think there are two big stories.

One of them is this is an illegal

immoral war.

It doesn't make any sense in international law, but it's also, as Talleyrand would say, it's not just a crime, it's stupidity.

This is something which is going to go badly wrong.