He’d be delighted to invade some small and powerless country that can’t fight back, and then hold an expensive victory parade.

She said he offered to keep in contact with her to work on her concerns, which she said she would be "delighted" to do.

"If there are any relatives of Isabella or Mary who believe that they would like to have the remains returned to them, we would be delighted to talk to them about what the next steps might be."

Her rival Jenrick told Cleverly the party "needs you in its top team in the years ahead", adding he'd be "delighted for him to serve in the shadow cabinet should he want to do so".

The inquiry later heard how a manager apologised for saying in 2016 that she would be "delighted" to have Letby back on the ward after she had been suspended from nursing duties.