The Stations of the Cross, as all of us know from our devout and Godly ways, is a series of fourteen stations that depict the final hours in the story of Christ our Lord - appearing before Pilate, shouldering the wooden cross, whistling the Monty Python tune, so on and so forth.
I wonder if such a moment might be at hand for the leader of the opposition. The Passion of the Chris, if you will. Except, when they roll back the stone, there will be not an empty tomb, there will be Nicola of Marsden, holding speech notes and a clicker for the Powerpoint.
I might be completely mistaken. In a few months’ time he may be Prime Minister. But from here on in, I've decided to designate any report on his movements a Station of the Chris.
