Tom Tugendhat gets roasted

The One Nation brigade were out in force last night and Tom Tugendhat was the talk of the town. He may not have not made it into the final two but the former leadership contender received a hero’s welcome at summer receptions for both the Tory Reform Group and Conservatives in Communications. Flanked by a phalanx of fans, Tugendhat was all smiles at the latter event, telling Mr S about the ‘huge’ after party his team threw following his defeat on Monday: ‘it went on until 4 a.m.’

But it was another Tory politician who stole the show at Tugendhat’s event, delivering a witty, self-deprecating speech that made some (well-received) barbs at the Tonbridge MP’s expense. Lord Vaizey, the former culture minister and diehard Cameroon, enjoyed ribbing his fellow Old Pauline at the Tories in Comms event, telling the assembled crowd:

What Tom didn’t say is we went to the same school.