What we are witnessing this morning is the jostling on the expected start line of a race to be our next prime minister.
The jostling is evident everywhere: from the prime minister's supporters, not least the Chancellor Rachel Reeves, telling BBC Breakfast that a contest would be "plunging the country into chaos at a time when there is conflict in the world, but also at a time when our plan to grow the economy is starting to bear fruit".
Then there are friends and allies of the Health Secretary Wes Streeting who expect his challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with his rivals briefing that he has struggled to get the numbers of backers he requires.
Then the interviews the former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has done.
She is saying she has resolved the tax issue th