Tonight sees a whole new episode of the psychodrama.
This evening Steve Norris, the former transport minister with a private life as congested as London's roads, will stand alongside five other Conservative hopefuls, making his pitch to the capital's party members. He nearly didn't make it. After their beloved Jeffrey Archer let them down, they wanted to play safe with a pristine candidate whose cupboard was free of skeletons - even if that meant a personality free of charisma. It took the intervention of a higher body, and the guiding hand of the Conservative party chairman yesterday, to put his name back in the frame. Not that the London Follies has been an exclusive presentation of the Tory party.