Across

1. Bishop is ultimately ridiculed – described by Cameron unfairly as man holding a stick and wearing fancy dress (6,6)

8. Right away Blair stopped one Labour source of wealth (3,4)

9. Physicist has wager in play (7)

11. Society rejected by European like Johnson (7)

12. Metal small safe holds money (7)

13. President’s film broadcast (5)

14. Old province where art is destroyed by wanton, heartless vandals (9)

16. Give elector an alternative (9)

19. Live down under (5)

21. George III was sometimes lacking a nautical bent (7)

23. Secular ground for judicial disqualification (7)

24. More audible version doesn’t start with one remix (7)

25. Lotus position held by socialist boss on Tyneside (7)

26. He was shot and needed adrenal organ transplant (6,6)

Down

1. Climber may wind round internally (7)

2. One time Democrat first to be restricted by Home Secretary’s further changes (2-5)

3. Throw cuts into rotten borough (9)

4. The common people’s protests (5)

5. They steal some money (7)

6. Vote for Republican opposing a tragedy (7)

7. Outrageous “St.John Special” caught out Georgian (6,6)

10. King slow in reacting to leader of the government (6,6)

15. President Mandela’s party runs before start of election in unusual behaviour (9)

17. Spot betting index slowly introduced (7)

18. Nastier version of intoxicant (7)

19. Journal circulated a hundred thousand in outstanding work (7)

20. Lamont misses nothing as badly as Number 11 (4,3)

22. Balls on dog are made better! (5)

Thanks to StJohn for once again compiling this. This has become very much of a PB tradition.