How dare you bring your mistress!
A SENIOR Tory activist publicly bawled out Mark Clarke for holding hands with his mistress in church at the wedding of an adviser to Treasury Minister Greg Hands.
Shocked guests looked on as Victoria Brocklebank-Fowler, an exConservative councillor, marched up to Clarke and mistress India Brummitt and told him: ‘You are an absolute disgrace. You should be at home with your wife and children.’
The incident happened at the recent wedding in Fulham, West London, of Greg Smith, leader of Hammersmith Tories, to his bride Annalise. Mr Smith is an adviser to local Conservative MP Mr Hands, a Cabinet Minister and one of Chancellor George Osborne’s allies.
Clarke, a friend of both Smith and Hands, turned up with Ms Brummitt and his Tory henchman Andre Walker who helped Clarke bully Tory suicide victim Elliott Johnson. In the wedding photos, Clarke and Walker, who was master of ceremonies, are pictured alongside Clarke’s close friend, the former Tory MP Aidan Burley, who was forced to quit politics after attending a Nazi-themed stag party.
Mrs Brocklebank-Fowler confronted Clarke and Brummitt as guests discussed their indignation at seeing the couple hold hands during the church ceremony.
On hearing that Clarke’s wife Sarah, whom he married in 2012, and their two young children, were at his nearby home, Mrs Brocklebank-Fowler stormed up to Clarke and said: ‘Your behaviour is utterly appalling. You should both be ashamed.’ A fellow guest said: ‘Victoria was magnificent and gave them both barrels. She spoke for all of us but it was water off a duck’s back to Mark.’