political front

On the political front, tensions are also easing - and the UK government no longer has any Zimbabwean on its sanction list having recently delisted four military and government officials it had accused of human rights abuses.

It’s going to be non-stop bad news on the political front for four long years.

Former Home Secretary and defeated leadership candidate James Cleverly last week ruled out serving in the shadow cabinet, telling the FT he had been "liberated" from 16 years on the political front line and was now "not particularly in the mood to be boxed back into a narrow band again".

With political parties vying to get an edge in the upcoming elections, how much leeway he gets in making appointments to key government posts that parties will want to control will help set the tone on the political front.

Leo is an astoundingly powerful political figure who controls billions of dollars and an array of political front groups.