Sir David Clementi suffers from an addiction, Obiter can reveal.

The evidence for this shocking news emerged last week just as his press briefing was coming to a close.

As our man from the Gazette asked the final question, on the hugely exciting subject of 'regulatory gaps' no less, Sir David confessed that this very newspaper was nothing short of his 'Friday fix'.

You're very kind, Sir David, but may we respectfully suggest that we do come out on a Thursday and therefore there's no need to wait 24 hours to get that high.