A match pitting the political press against party workers saw Liam Fox's chief-of-staff Bill Clare leave team boss Michael Howard ashen-faced as Clare was sent off during the 3-2 defeat.
Intriguingly, the Tories were sponsored by online pollster YouGov. Let's hope none of the side opened monday's Daily Telegraph, in which a YouGov poll revealed just ten per cent of voters think their party resemble a 'government in waiting'.