Dame Priti Patel also ran for the Tory leadership following Rishi Sunak ... she’s been given a very high-profile place on the shadow front bench by Badenoch. Dame Priti is best known for ...

Another comer on the Tory front bench is Christopher Soames, Winston Churchill’s son-in-law, who moved up from Agriculture to replace troublesome Peter Thorneycroft as shadow Defense Minister.