When you’re a minister fighting for your political career you need all the luck you can get.
Unfortunately there was little in the way of good fortune for Amber Rudd yesterday, as her prospects turned from bad to worse over the duration of a two course lunch.
Keen to make amends in the wake of the Windrush scandal, the Home Secretary decided to brave a long-standing commitment to dine with an ensemble of parliamentary journalists, during which she hoped to set the record straight.
But over the course an hour, Ms Rudd, while making her way through a fish tart starter and a lamb entrée, strayed from migrant visas into more dangerous territory: talk of the Customs Union.
Whilst Downing Street...