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The times they are a'changing. Just last month a row broke out within the Conservative party over the winner of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here. It wasn't so much a difference of view over who should have won but over what the party should do about the winner. The winner – Georgia 'Toff' Toffolo, who first made her name on Made in Chelsea – is a Tory supporter who kindly volunteered to utilise  her million followers for the party. Alas brains at CCHQ weren't impressed. Last month, Tory chiefs blocked Toff from becoming a poster girl for the Conservatives over concerns she’s 'too posh to win over Labour supporters'. However, the MP for Mansfield takes a different view.

Although Theresa May's reshuffle of junior ministers was less gaffe-prone than the main event on Monday, there's a feeling in the party that overall it has been an underwhelming event. With little change in the top ranks of May's Cabinet, critics have been quick to suggest that she is too weak to carry out a proper reshuffle. But now there's a new criticism being levied at the Prime Minister: too much change. Ed Vaizey – the former culture minister and resident Cameroon – took to social media on Tuesday to congratulate Michael Ellis on his appointment as the arts, heritage and tourism Minister. However, he went on to complain that the fact Ellis was the 'third arts Minister in less than 18 months' was 'not so good'. https://twitter.

Theresa May's reshuffle is imminent. Although Cabinet's big beasts are thought to be safe, Justine Greening and Greg Clark are among those in the hot seat. As for promotion, Jeremy Hunt is tipped to be appointed First Secretary of State. If this were to happen, a new Health Secretary would be needed. There has been speculation in the media that Hunt's two likely successors are Dr Philip Lee and Anne Milton. Milton is a former nurse, working as for the NHS for 25 years. So, surely, complete coincidence that Milton's Wikipedia page has been edited 'anonymously' from Parliament this morning. The change? Clarifying Milton's husband's former role as a director of Virgin Healthcare. https://twitter.com/parliamentedits/status/950300917517168640 Watch this space...

It's reshuffle day – and the ministers thought to be in the danger zone include Justine Greening, Greg Clark, Patrick McLoughlin and Andrea Leadsom. So, with that in mind, one has to admire the decision by Leadsom to write an article for today's Times' Red Box on her priorities as Leader of the House of Commons for 2018. 'Since the general election I’ve been overseeing the preparation of further bills which we will bring forward over the coming 12 months. In 2018 it will be parliament that supports the most exciting advances our country is making. We will back the development of electric vehicles and the growth of the UK’s space flight sector, as well as investment of billions in infrastructure to support the extraordinary tech of the future.

As expected, Tony Blair's latest Brexit intervention has proved universally unpopular. Brexiteers have hailed his criticism as the best advert for leaving the EU in weeks, while Corbynistas have gone on the offensive over his harsh words concerning the dear leader. Despite all this, Tony Blair can at least still count on one man to back him up: himself. In an interview with ITV, it was put to Blair that Corbyn actually did better than the former Prime Minister in the 2017 snap election than Blair in 2005. The reasoning goes that Corbyn won a higher percentage of the vote, at 40pc to Blair's 35.2pc. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Blair didn't take too kindly to this way of looking at things: 'On that basis Theresa May would be a more successful prime minister than Margaret Thatcher.

With nine more people reported to have died overnight in Iran following clashes between protesters and security forces, the death toll is thought to sit at 21 following a series of nationwide demonstrations. Several politicians – including Boris Johnson – have been quick to express concern over the situation. However, despite an active Twitter feed, Jeremy Corbyn is yet to comment on the unfolding situation. This is rather curious given that the Labour leader – who says 'to stay neutral in times of injustice is to side with the oppressor' – has a tendency to wax lyrical about Iran, whether it's appearing on Iranian state television or discussing 'the inclusivity, the tolerance' in the country that 'most people in the West simply do not understand'.

When he isn’t jetting around the world making huge sums of money, Tony Blair now dedicates himself to the cause of blocking Brexit. The former Prime Minister has warned that leaving the European Union will do ‘profound damage’ to Britain, and last month, Blair confirmed he is working to stop the UK leaving the EU. But Blair hasn’t always been so keen on the EU. Back in 1983 when he was first running as the Labour candidate in Sedgefield, a leaflet surfacing on Twitter reveals that Blair told voters: ‘We will negotiate withdrawal from the EEC which has drained our natural resources and destroyed our jobs.’ What's more, this wasn’t the only time Blair has rallied against Brussels.