Inside Politics: Ministers braced for student protests over A-level ‘fiasco’

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People on the south coast have found a new summer pastime – waving to “ghost ships” in the English Channel. Empty cruise liners are drifting around in the water because it’s cheaper than paying docking fees. If that’s not a metaphor for aimlessness and ennui, I don’t know what is. Our aimless, ennui-filled government appears to be drifting helplessly towards a huge backlash over A-level exam results. Listless ministers are also making a half-hearted attempt to re-launch the contact-tracing app today – setting afloat the patched-up piece of tech without much hope it’ll reach its destination.

Inside the bubble

Our political correspondent Ashley Cowburn on what to look out for today: