Nicholas Soames brings Mark Field down a peg or two

Although Theresa May is reluctant to say that Brexit means anything other than… Brexit, on Monday we were given a glimpse of what else it could stand for. Mark Field’s Chief of Staff, Julia Dockerill, was snapped carrying some intriguing notes on the topic following a reported meeting with David Davis:

is this the first insight into Brexit seen going into No10 from the Brexit/cabinet office women holding was with Mark Field MP ? pic.twitter.com/XXeFGFQIa0

— PoliticalPics (@PoliticalPics) November 28, 2016

No.10 have since insisted that the notes — which included an admission that the UK is unlikely to be offered single market membership — do not represent any government line. However, it’s another issue that’s rattled Nicholas Soames. Forget the Brexit slip-up, the Tory grandee is in shock that Mark Field, the MP for the Cities of London and Westminster, has a Chief of Staff to begin with. Soames says this job title is ‘so grand, so over the top’ — befitting of the White House rather than a backbencher.

Doesn't it make you howl that @MarkFieldMP apparently has a Chief of Staff? I thought that was a White House job