Rashid has a long way to go before being a reliable leg-spinner in this form of the game, but he has guts and relishes the batsmen taking him on.

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The big Togolese striker wasn't injured or suspended, but because he's on loan from City, a clause in his contract prevented him from taking the field against his parent club.

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But taking part in the telemedicine trial, which he also used in the months before his transplant, allowed him more flexibility.

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Back in 2010, when everyone else was talking about the Ryder Cup, Mr Sargeant was heading off on a summer tour meet local public sector workers, taking with him a statement he'd called "Your Services, Your Say" but that back then, some re-christened "My Money, My Way".

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He had been taking anti-psychotic drugs earlier in 2012 but had stopped because they had side effects which gave him a heart condition.

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But in leading the charge without checking that the Tory lords would back him rather than Lord Cranborne, he was taking a huge risk.

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Maybe he was able to compartmentalize, but my medical friends tell me that, in fact, taking the medicines allowed him to function at so high a level.

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But he is also he trying to thread the needle of winning conservative Republicans without taking positions that might be used against him should he be the nominee.

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