Jeremy Hunt loses (again)

It was with great excitement that Steerpike learned that Jeremy Hunt had (finally) made public what many had privately long-suspected: he’s running. Yet the more Mr S read of the politician’s bid for high office, the less it sounded like the Tory Remainer that we all know and love. For Hunt’s prospective manifesto included support for gun rights, stricter border controls and an end to taxpayer-funded abortions.

Has the Surrey MP undergone a sudden right-wing conversion? Sadly for those hoping for such a political metamorphosis, it appears not. For Jeremy C Hunt is one of the candidates who has been running in the Republican primary for a congressional seat in Georgia. And, like his namesake on this side of the pond, Hunt lost. He also conceded defeat gracelessly, without reference to his opponent, on Tuesday night. Let’s hope he doesn’t spend the next few years trying to undermine his party colleague…