David Cameron: this will be my last election. Theresa, George or Boris may succeed me

With just days to go until the general election campaign, David Cameron has declared that this is last time he’s leading his party into battle. It’s not clear why he felt the need to make this announcement, a tactic normally used by unpopular and besieged leaders to buy time. He says he will stand for a ‘full second term’ but won’t serve a third. His party has lots of talent, he said – a comment that all party leaders make from time to time. But what’s unusual is that Cameron actually picked out three potential successors: Theresa May, George Osborne or Boris Johnson (in that order). Which will set all kinds of hares running.

Cameron was speaking to the BBC's James Lansdale, taunting Miliband by posing in the wonderfully-equipped kitchen of his constituency home. It was an odd interview: throughout you're wondering: why on earth is Cameron talking about his departure? He says he'd still stay on as an MP: why share his retirement plans with us now? 'Terms are like Shredded Wheat - two are wonderful but three might just be too many.' Shredded