Last week Robert Halfon made headlines after he confessed to an affair with a Tory activist, claiming that Mark Clarke — the Tatler Tory currently facing allegations of blackmail and bullying (which Clarke denies) — had planned to film him leaving a hotel with his mistress as part of a blackmail plot.
While Halfon has since promised Tory officials that there are no more embarrassing revelations to come out relating to him, Steerpike understands that the Minister without Portfolio has been given a new nickname by colleagues.
‘He’s now known as “red hot Rob”.’ Mr S’s No.10 mole whispers.
Meanwhile, Halfon is scheduled to meet yet more young Tory activists this week in Parliament when he gives an address to the King’s College London Conservative Society — no doubt he will be on his best behaviour.
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