Persuaded my good mate Alex Ferguson to sign off a piece I wrote for him for Tony’s campaign diary. If we can’t get the Sun to come down off the fucking fence at least we can get to their readers through the back door and via football managers.

Remember well before the last election that there were rumours (Charlie Whelan was the source I believe) that I’d be out of a job before Tony left No 10 and I might end up working for Alex. How wrong there were! Tony’s still here, I’m still here and Alex is working for me!

Off to The Dorchester. Speaking at the Construction Products Association Annual Lunch.