We should support Sir Nicholas Winterton’s desire to travel first-class at our expense. Since most of us cannot afford such luxury, it at least means our chances of having to meet him are greatly reduced, thereby avoiding the risk of trauma. Sir Nick is one of those “dinosaurs” that the Tories’ ambitious education spokesman Michael Gove wrote about the need to get rid of in a secret document, now brought to light. Mr Gove was worried that the party’s image was too much of white, middle-class, middle-aged men. I agree with him. Perhaps the one who leads them should do his bit to dispel this by stepping aside as soon as possible for one of the many minority candidates with which he has sought to fill his parliamentary party.