The state of Dominic Cummings. I’m all for individuality but if he turned up to work for me looking like this I’d send him home. Show some respect for your role, colleagues and place of work. I remember meeting Geoffrey Norris, Tony Blair’s industry adviser in No10...

As I walked out of the building with him I asked what it was like to work in Downing Street. Despite being as dry as dust and displaying no sign of human emotion Norris told me it was a thrill to arrive for work every day and it was a privilege he would never take for granted.