Politics and the law are pretty comfortable bedfellows in the US, where firms spend millions supporting their favoured candidates and frequently lure former administrators back into private practice.

In the UK, the bed-hopping is altogether more uneasy -Lord Goldsmith and Debevoise notwithstanding – hence The Diary’s consternation upon hearing of some shameless politicking going on at one major City firm.

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