NICE WORK, SON... HOW CLARKE’S PAL GRADUATED TO MAY’S INNER SANCTUM

JIMMY McLOUGHLIN, Theresa May’s newly appointed No10 aide with his father, Tory chairman Sir Patrick McLoughlin, photographed at a launch party for Boris Johnson’s book on Churchill in October 2014. McLoughlin Snr tried and failed to rein in Clarke, while McLoughlin Jnr helped Clarke try to save disgraced ex-Tory MP Aidan Burley.