Tony Blair’s former defence minister went on GB News last Sunday to offer his thoughts on the Tesla billionaire’s tweets about Keir Starmer and Jess Phillips. 

Such posts, Caplin declared, were ‘not acceptable’ and ‘it would be even more unacceptable if he was to become a serious and senior member’ of the Trump administration.

Fast forward less than a week and what has old Ivor been up to?

It transpires that he was arrested today on suspicion of child sex offences after a sting by paedophile hunters.