Boris is doing his best to sell his administration as a ‘People’s Government’, though it seems the Foreign Office is intent on undermining this; advertising for a £30,000-a-year ‘Government Butler’ role.

The role involves serving wine and food to parties of 10-350 people, and looking after the department’s £3 million inventory of wine cellars and silverware. No wonder the civil service are railing against Cummings’s desire for reform…

UPDATE: After our story was published this morning the advert was removed this afternoon. Who will look after the wine?