An interesting nugget of skullduggery was unearthed by the Mail’s Martin Beckford yesterday, who examined the House of Lords report into the conduct of Lord Geidt. Co-conspirators will remember Geidt as the establishment standards supremo who – eager to demonstrate how beyond reproach he is – flounced out of Boris Johnson’s government after agreeing to advise it on standards. A resignation covered breathlessly by the media pack…

As it turns out, the report reveals that during Lord Geidt’s investigation into the No 10 flat, he was simultaneously working as an adviser to Theia group, which wanted to sell the MOD satellite technology. Just two days before Geidt published his report into the flat, he conducted a meeting with officials on behalf of Theia. The committee has now found his conduct in that meeting was a breach of Lords rules…

While the left and Johnson’s Tory critics raged over flatgate and canonized Geidt for his role, he was working as the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Interests while simultaneously working as a paid advisor to a defence company seeking government work. Who will independently advise the independent advisers…