brow

Sweatband cradling his brow and lion inked on his back, the 31-year-old has boldly written his own legacy.

“All this waiting, and for what?” he said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

Frowning brows, narrowing eyes and pursed lips often follow missed shots.

“Trying to work out why it should be released was actually quite an obstacle,” he says with a furrowed brow, but still bearing a smile.

It was clear from the furrowed brows of senior Labour figures by the middle of Tuesday that there was much more anxiety at the top of government than the public numbers would have suggested.