Kemi Badenoch’s toilet stunt

War and famine in Ukraine and inflation and rising bills at home. These are tough times in Britain and abroad: the winning candidate for the Tory leadership will have to be able to really deal with the big issues. But, er, not every MP in the running is keen to focus on such themes. Kemi Badenoch, the surprise star in this contest, has taken a rather different approach, preferring instead to dive head-first into the culture war.

And so it was in that spirit that the Badenoch campaign sought to make something of a stunt out of the facilities at their official launch this morning. Camilla Turner, the Telegraph journalist, spotted that makeshift signs have been added to toilet doors to say ‘Men’ and ‘Ladies’.

Could it be an apparent dig at one particular candidate? Step forward Penny Mordaunt, who previously told the House of Commons from the despatch box last year that ‘trans men are men and trans women are women.’