Three years after it was shut down in the Daily Telegraph, the Mandrake diary column has been revived in The New European newspaper.

The much-feared political diary is back under editor Tim Walker, whose own views on Brexit are a match for TNE’s “for the 48 per cent” sales tag.

TNE editor Matt Kelly, says: “Tim Walker is Mandrake… and Mandrake is the best diary in newspapers, so I’m thrilled The New European has landed him.