Yet Tory MPs appear quite unable to see this: Mr Binley’s ludicrous letter accused the Prime Minister of pursuing “a narrative quite absent of anything consistent with the core principles and philosophy of the party”. At the core of this kind of attack is the myth that Mr Cameron would have won the last election if only he had fought a more Right-wing campaign back in 2010. The backbench rebels (an unfeasibly large number of whom have surnames which begin with the letter B – Binley, Bray, Burns, Baker, Baron, Bingham, Bone, Bridgen, Burley, Bebb, Blackman, Blackwood, Brady, Brazier, Brine, Byles) appear to have fallen for the illusion that if only the Conservatives move sharply to the Right before the next election, all will be well and a tremendous victory will be won.