BARCLAY, THE ABSENTEE TENANT

BREXIT secretary stephen Barclay isn’t making the most of the 17th- century grace-and favour country retreat he shares as a perk of the job with Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt and international trade secretary Liam Fox. in fact, he has not even visited the 115-room Chevening mansion in Kent.

Given the extremely short life expectancy of Brexit ministers — he is the third in less than three years — perhaps the only time he will get to use it will be to throw his leaving party.