Today's recommended read - Party Animal an interview with Lord Tebbit on the eve of the Tory Party Conference. He's not a happy chappie:

'Tebbit speaks slowly, almost mechanically, more in sorrow than in anger. The only time he gets agitated is when he mentions Major's patronage of David Mellor. "I can imagine trying to hold on to someone who was good," says Tebbit incredulously, "but Mellor... please... and as for promoting Norris... "