REJOICE, REJOICE: James Delingpole correctly notes that Boris Johnson has picked a cabinet of all the talents – and on merit, to boot:

I’m particularly happy to see Priti Patel, Liz Truss and Theresa Villiers given top jobs – and for the right reasons.

Sure it will suit Boris’s spin doctors to note how diverse and gender balanced the new team is. But they didn’t get the jobs because they were women or because Priti is ‘Asian’: they got them because they’re bright, talented and, well there’s really no other word for it, sound.

One of the things Boris has always been exceptionally good at is picking the right team. He has, in British football parlance, played a blinder here.