There are meetings going on right now in the Tory party over what to do about the Rashford situation. He's becoming more than just a nuisance to them. They will ramp up their efforts to discredit the messenger to distract from the message. They will be desperate to damage him.

Expect to see stories in the right-wing press that seek to discredit and embarrass him. Tenuous links will be used to connect him to any dirt they can. They'll scrape any barrel it takes.

Tory HQ currently ‘war-gaming’:

- how can we discredit Rashford? ‘Virtue-signalling celebrity’ didn’t work?

- how can we praise Rashford but make out he’s dumb and doesn’t understand reality?

- how can we pretend money we’re already spending is new money to help starving kids?