text: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury has been caught on camera knocking back drinks with a high-class call girl. But sadly for scandalmongers, the chance encounter between Danny Alexander and Brooke Magnanti – better known by her former alias Belle de Jour – was innocent. The two were snapped at Bar One in Inverness on Friday as part of the Nip festival, which celebrates the gins and whiskies of the Highlands. Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander pictured drinking with call girl Brooke Magnanti . Mr Alexander was snapped with Ms Magnati - also known as Belle de Jour - at the Nip festival . It comes as David Cameron faced a growing revolt last night over his 'flat-footed' General Election campaign. Several MPs pointed the finger of blame at the Prime Minister's Australian Election guru Lynton Crosby. And a former Conservative Cabinet Minister criticised George Osborne's 'Dickensian' message on 'Austerity Britain'. The first signs of a Tory wobble emerged after last week's polls suggested that instead of leaving Labour trailing, as Tory chiefs had expected, Labour is slightly ahead. And far from collapsing under the weight of massed Tory attacks, Labour leader Ed Miliband's ratings have improved. In an outspoken intervention, retiring Conservative MP Brian Binley said: 'With the Election campaign well under way, Mr Cameron still appears to be standing apart and aloof, almost like a spectator.' He added: 'Flat-footed and lame, we already look as if we're running to catch up.'
target: Chief Secretary to the Treasury caught drinking with high-class call girl .
  The encounter between Belle de Jour and Danny Alexander was innocent .
  The two were snapped at Bar One in Inverness on Friday at the Nip festival .