Who does Truss trust? Has Mordaunt done enough by coming out in ‘support’ of the clear race favourite to have wheedled her way onto the list of future secretaries of state and ministers? Could Mordaunt - god forbid - be re-appointed as Minister for Women and Equalities, as she possibly desires?

If Liz Truss has any political and common sense left at all, after a deranged start to the Conservative leadership contest, her response to Mordaunt’s offer of ‘support’ will be, ‘thanks, but no thanks, now feck off’.