It would be nice to think that at a time that Britain faces unparalleled challenges the prime minster draws on the best advice and advisors possible.  All the more disappointing, then to read this morning of the departure of Lee Cain, who cut his teeth working on the tabloid paper, The Mirror, and who was notably deployed dressed as a chicken to harry David Cameron.

With such talent on the run, whither the government ?

Apologies, my mistake.  I should have typed:  Wither, this government !