Now Zahawi's gone, who puts on the most desperate, obsequious, sweaty, useless defence of the indefensible? Who gets the Undermanager #Squealer Award, the prize for maximum embarrassment as Assistant #ApologistInChief?

Ironic the role of #ApologistInChief has now moved from Zahawi to Chris 'Squealer' Philp, whose slightly sweaty desperate tones on @[email protected] are worming his way around the Zahawi/Sharp mess.