our political correspondent, iain watson, had the latest from westminster earlier. it was just it wasjust in it was just in the summer that he was a contenderfor the it was just in the summer that he was a contender for the conservative party leadership. now, the autumn, he says that the old—style party politics is effectively dead, it is suffocating. he has to break out of the embrace of the party political system. interestingly, he announced to his local newspaper that he was standing down as the mp for penrith and the border, quitting the conservative party, and said he would not be standing against local conservatives there is an independent. they're notjust a few hours later, he said he would be standing as an independent when it comes to the london mayoral race next year, and would be standing against the conservative candidate sean bailey. he he welcomes everyone to that particular race, but rory stewart says he will now have an an opportunity to test his contention, that the...