James Orr, who was implicated in the television investigation into funding for Reform UK, has resigned. He was the party’s ideologue, championing God, country and flag. A Cambridge professor who compared Orbán to Bismarck

The vice-president has his sights set on the White House and does not want to do without the anti-Israelis. Rod Dreher, a conservative intellectual and one of the first to back Vance, says, “We are no longer friends: I don’t think he’s a bad person, but I need to see him take a clear stand against those who hate Jews.”