Cause to remember November..14th of

SCRIBBLED out in my diary for this Thursday is a single word: election.

- KEVIN MAGUIRE

I wrote it earlier this year, with a cautionary question mark attached, when many Conservative Party bigwigs and Westminster soothsayers predicted Rishi Sunak would go to the country on November 14.

Tory Cabinet Minister Michael Gove hinted it was the likely date with destiny. Ex-Chancellor George Osborne concurred.

At the time, even polling grand knight John Curtice pronounced a growing consensus behind this Thursday.

As it turned out, battered and bruised Sunak surprised his Cabinet by suddenly cutting and running for July 4 and the rest is history.