In October 2022 Simon Jupp “united” behind Liz Truss. As a result he was also “newly promoted” as a PPS to right-winger Simon Clarke when he became Secretary of State for Levelling-up, Housing and Communities.

So where does “our” Simon, the self confessed “libertarian”, stand on the leadership question?

Simon Clarke advised to lie down by Tory MP after calling for Sunak to quit

Aletha Adu www.theguardian.com (Extract)

Simon Clarke has been told it would be “good advice” to head to a dark room, lie down and sort himself out, after he called on Rishi Sunak to quit as Conservative leader or risk a Tory “massacre” at the general election.

The postal affairs minister, Kevin Hollinrake, said Clarke’s intervention on Tuesday night was a sign of the “panic” that is brewing in some factions, but said it was not a view held by the wider parliamentary party.