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It is the simmering sub-plot to the briefing war between No 10 and the Foreign Office over the Government's handling of the retreat from Afghanistan, an enmity between advisers triggered by a drugs revelation dating back to the 2016 Tory leadership election.
Allies of Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab – who have been enraged by claims from anonymous sources that he is 'toast' in the next Cabinet reshuffle because of his 'flatfooted' response to the collapse of Kabul – believe he has been caught in the crossfire between feuding former members of Michael Gove's campaign team.
Mr Gove is one of the Ministers tipped to replace Mr Raab.
At the centre of the intrigue is Mr Raab's powerful adviser Beth Armstrong, who became estranged from the Goveites after they blamed her for Gove's shock cocaine confession, which appeared in a biography two years ago.
Allies of Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab believe he has been caught in the crossfire between feuding former members of Michael Gove's (pictured) campaign team
Leading members of the Goveites, known as 'the three
