There is nothing like a by-election to breathe life into a moribund political party — unless it’s two by-elections. So for a few brief moments at lunchtime today, the kiss — or at least the peck of life — was applied to the corpse of the…
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Imagine, if you can, a cod wearing a string of small snooker balls gasping for air and you have the Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland at five past twelve today. It was meant to be Prime Ministers…
Jeremy Corbyn turned up for Prime Ministers Questions in a puke green suit – which was just as well. Just when you thought it could not get any worse it got even worse than you thought it could get.…
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You could tell there was trouble afoot by the appearance of the Health Secretary within slapping distance of Theresa May. The fear on his face gave the game away – it was tethered Jeremy Hunt time in the House of…
Imagine, if you can, Robert Peston’s older brother; the same strangulated syntax, the same windmilling arms. Step forward David Lidington, MP for Aylesbury, Leader of the House of Commons and, for – one lunchtime only – the PM in PMQs.…
The trouble with jokes at Prime Ministers Questions is that they tend to be sitting opposite you. Thus the introduction of Baldrick into proceedings today could only cause further confusion. It had all begun as indifferently as usual, with MPs…
It was Boris, the blonde-haired Billy Bunter of the cabinet, who gave the game away. Not that he did anything, but that was the point, he didn’t, and nor did anyone else. Welcome to Prime Ministers Questions on Wednesday October…
Read the PostTheresa May – The Mistress of equal indifference.
Imagine, if you can, a stick of celery jammed between a cauliflower and a baking potato and you are imagining Labour’s front bench. That is not, of course, an accurate description since there are far more vegetables involved. But the…
It wasn’t quite the Cavern Club – and he wasn’t quite John Lennon – but for his fans ‘Jez we can” was good enough. He made them wait of course, in the best show business traditions. Billed for 2.15, it…