Which Tory contenders are on weight-loss drugs?

It’s the surest sign that a politician is on maneuvers: a slimmer waistline and a sharper suit. But are some of our leading lights in Westminster getting some extra help in their bid to battle the bulge and take the Tory crown? For the Mail on Sunday today reports that at least two Conservative leadership hopefuls are injecting themselves with Ozempic in order to ‘hit their fighting weight in time for the next Tory contest’. Whoever could they be..?

The weight-loss drug is taken via regular injections and works to suppress the user’s appetite – difficult when you’re supposed to be out constantly dining your fellow colleagues. Still, at least neither of the two leadership hopefuls have yet suffered the fate of another of their number. The Mail claims that several MPs report that the drug interferes with their ability to drink. One notable recent case involved a heavily overweight politician for whom paramedics had to be called to the Commons riverside terrace, where the unfortunate Member had to then be carted off in a collapsed state in a wheelchair.