In the blue corner: Sunak responded to Starmer’s comments by saying the Labour boss “sat there as antisemitism ran rife through his party,” under former Leader Jeremy Corbyn. He went as far to describe Starmer as “spineless, hopeless, and utterly shameless” for his former support of Corbyn.

You’re welcome: Look we’re not saying this POLITICO piece was bang on the money but, you know…

Ouch pt. 2: Sunak’s speechwriters would have been rubbing their hands together with glee with the Rochdale row. Speaking about candidates on the ballot tomorrow, Sunak said (kind of contradictorily) “despite three ex-Labour candidates, [Starmer] can’t back a single one of them. We expel antisemites, he makes them Labour candidates.”

He’s not taking a break: Sunak said the Conservative Party has a “proud tradition” of diversity. And Starmer, he charged, “can only champion men from North London.”

In the red corner: Starmer did have his share of pops, saying Sunak “has lost control of his party” to the “tin foil hat brigade” and “extremists who wrecked the economy.”

He added: “When will he stand up to them and end the pathetic spectacle of a Tory Party that used to try and beat [Nigel] Farage, and is now giving up and dancing to his tune instead?”