As I said to somebody else yesterday, the problem really was narrative and you don't get to play with the narrative when the media get involved and set it for you. It's almost War Games like, the best move is not to play.

And while I fully sympathize with the people who felt the Con Chairs rammed him down their throats and didn't broke any discussion, any question that Ross could be forced to step down without losing the narrative and ending up in, well, *this* was hopeless naive.

Worse than this being the media, it's the British media and they can play the game better than almost anybody.