The Tory decision wouldn't seem to have done Ken Clarke's hopes a great deal of good and we think David Davis now has the clear edge over his opponents with Liam Fox - whose odds we have halved from 12/1 - potentially his main challenger
At the weekend Paris were way out in front as red hot favorites, but over the past 48 hours London's odds have been dramatically cut several times.
The odds are that Sven can survive this latest embarrassment but you wonder just how much more humiliation the FA will be prepared to put up with.