Confusion reigns

Two more cases of mistaken identity.

On Friday I was invited to appear on TalkTV to discuss a report that Britain could be the only G7 country to go into recession this year.

On Sunday I got a call from a broadsheet journalist who wanted my response to the 4,000 word essay by Liz Truss in the Sunday Telegraph.

I quickly realised that the person they really wanted to speak to was Simon Clarke MP, the former levelling up minister.

It followed two previous incidents, described here, when I was again mistaken for my near namesake.

I wonder if anyone has ever called him expecting to speak to the director of the smokers’ lobby group Forest?