and he said, "i am pleased to welcome my special guests to this news conference, it's former prime minister tony blair." then tony blair went to the microphone and said, "yeah, i'm taking over as leader. we're not going to have a contest, there's no rules. thanks, bye, thanks for your service." just the normal rules just do not apply to that party. i mean, that's what i meant by saying it was interesting that nigel farage had to make a point of saying that they were all getting on brilliantly behind the scenes, just because i mean — i'm not suggesting at all they're not, because i have no information to the contrary. but it isjust so extraordinary that, at this point in a campaign, the leader of a party would just be switched like that. you know, it'sjust an extraordinary thing, and i think, you know, it doesn't happen very often, four—and—a—half weeks out. anyway, the next thing we've got to look forward to — i mean, who knows what will happen between now and this point i'm about to talk about? because it's tuesday night, i'm going to go back to preview — the first head—to—head, rishi sunak versus keir starmer, hosted byjulie etchingham on itv. we're going to do an extra episode