‘I think Sunak’s walked out of No 10’: Tory garrison

For some in Aldershot, long a Conservative bastion, the prime minister’s early exit from France is the final straw

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert idle past in a vintage car, followed by a samba band, a Keralan dance troupe and army cadets on the march, watched intently by Gurkha veterans with ribboned chests.

It’s Aldershot’s Victoria Day parade, an annual celebration of the Hampshire town’s links to Queen Victoria, who established it as the home of the British army in the 1850s. Aldershot Garrison is nearby and plenty of people here have strong military connections.