She might struggle to match the real-life dramas swirling around Downing Street at the moment, but a former No 10 insider is writing an erotic political thriller about salacious goings-on in Westminster.
Provisionally titled Whips!, the explicit novel is already being described as a cross between House Of Cards and 50 Shades Of Grey – and with characters said to be based on real-life political figures, it is being nervously awaited in Whitehall.
Its author is Cleo Watson, a protegee of Dominic Cummings, who was secretly writing the book while she was working for Boris Johnson. A friend of the 32-year-old said: ‘It is going to be very racy – soft-porn really. And it is likely to give the lawyers a lot of work.’