So farewell then to the great realignment: Suella Braverman out of a great office of state and David Cameron back into one. As electoral signals go, this one hardly needs much decoding. The alliance of social conservatives that fell into the Tory lap without them really understanding why has been spurned. The boarding school boys are back in charge and the possibilities of the Conservative party embracing much conservatism is at an end.
Everything that has happened since 2016 has in effect been wiped in the Westminster equivalent of a Bobby Ewing shower scene. It just needs Cameron to stare at us quizzically as if puzzled at our collective double-take for us to understand that it was all just a dream.
A PM without a mandate of his own has extinguished the mandate and priorities upon which his party was elected with a stonking majority
The Tories will go back to battling for the Centrist Dad vote, which may help them hang on to a few more Blue Wall seats in the Home Counties.
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