How honest are you before God and other people?

As I write, much of the news is dominated by Trump and Ukraine. Of course it is. But just behind these another story rumbles on. It’s about the enhanced CVs of some our politicians.

Rachel Reeves, the Chancellor, has come unstuck in a number of ways. The latest of these is her entry in Who’s Who where she says she contributed to a prestigious economic journal. It turns out that she did indeed contribute to an economic journal: just not that one, but one with a similar sounding title. Sinister? Or simple error?

Jonathan Reynolds, the Business Secretary, seems to have been at it too. He has claimed for some time to be a solicitor, but has just had to retract that claim on the insistence of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority who pointed out he was only ever an unqualified trainee.