‘The revelations are out from Simon Hart’s book: The Political Diaries of a Chief Whip,’ writes Melanie McDonagh in The Standard.

‘There’s the one about being woken at 4am by an MP who was being held in a Bayswater brothel by blackmailers, not to be confused with another MP, Mark Menzies, who found it difficult to extricate himself from “bad people” and allegedly paid for his release from local party funds (which he denied); then there was Rishi Sunak’s observation about the female minister promoted to the Cabinet who was “f***ing useless but we can’t get rid of her” — which may or may not have been Kemi Badenoch. There was Boris Johnson’s attempt to kill off a disobliging report by the Privileges Committee on his lockdown activities which did not, by that time, shock Hart.’

All this and more is explored by Hart, who is at Bridport Electric Palace on Sunday 2 November at 2pm, talking about his book.

The former Chief Whip and MP had a front row-seat to the most turbulent times in Britain’s recent political history, from negotiations around Brexit, the impact of Liz Truss’s 49-day premiership to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ungovernable is an insider’s story and unflinching look into the heart of British politics from the centre of government.

For tickets, visit the Electric Palace website or pop in to Bridport Tourist Information Centre, 01308 424901.