The Post Office scandal has revealed the country’s true leader – prime-time TV

Now we know where power lies. In the unsuspecting hands of a middle-aged character actor from Hammersmith. Toby Jones’s quiet, sympathetic portrayal of one-time sub-postmaster Alan Bates has gripped the hearts of the nation and seen PM Rishi Sunak leap from his Peloton – not pausing even to rate his online cycling instructor Cody Rigsby – and dash to the Cabinet room to rally the troops to the moment’s most pressing and populist agenda.