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I was invited to Sunak’s leadership campaign launch. Then I wasn’t. Surely someone who wants to lead our country can’t be scared of a little gentle mockery?An email arrives from the Ready4Rish! media team late on Monday afternoon. Would I like to go to Rishi Sunak’s leadership launch at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre the following morning? Hell, yes. I couldn’t think of anything better. I was Ready 4 Rish!.Only it turned out that Rish! was far from Ready 4 me. An hour or so later, I got a reply. Thanks but no thanks. The venue was already at capacity. Another time. Maybe. Or maybe not. Several hours later I hear from a colleague on a more Tory-friendly paper that he applied to go long after I sent my email and had been welcomed in with open arms. I wrote back to complain and give Sunak’s media team the chance to reconsider. Instead they doubled down. They didn’t seem bothered they had lied to me about the room being full. I wasn’t invited. End of.Guardian Newsroom: Boris Johnson resigns Continue reading...