We have a new defence secretary. Overnight Theresa May assumed the role herself, after it turned out that Sir Michael Fallon was no longer the government’s safe pair of hands.

She might be tempted to keep it that way, so that she can be sure that his replacement does not also get caught in the sexual harassment scandal. Though if she does that, she could end up wearing rather a lot of ministerial hats by the end of it all.

May has a pretty old-fashioned, straightforward view of her colleagues who are found to be up to no good. “Why can’t they just do their jobs?”

And she likes to know if she is going to be caught out in future. Back on that sunny