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.