Jeremy Hunt’s nomination of Esther McVey as his deputy-leader designate – and therefore also deputy-prime minister designate – is certainly something of a surprise. The pairing of the Europhile, One Nation Clarke and the Eurosceptic Thatcherite Redwood was ridiculed as the most bizarre and cynical alliance since the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact and most of Redwood’s supporters duly defected to Hague. “I …
