What is Chalk made of?

Challenges ahead for new justice secretary

It is less than a year since Alex Chalk resigned from Boris Johnson’s government. His letter to the prime minister last summer said it all:

Chalk rubbed out

The headline was irresistible. Chalk must have thought he would be permanently erased from power and influence. As it turned out, he was simply putting down a marker. Rishi Sunak brought him back into…