Theresa May reveals her plan to bring Chequers back from the dead
Golden sunshine streamed across Westminster at noon. And Jeremy Corbyn wiped away the cheer as soon as he stood up…
Armed with partisan missives, May outgunned Corbyn at PMQs
Poor Jezza. The Labour leader had a decent showing today but he was outgunned by Mrs May who performed with…
Jeremy Corbyn’s PMQs speechwriters deserve better
‘He should apologise!’ PMQs opened with a backbench question about anti-Semitism and Theresa May lobbed it straight at the Labour leader.…
Jeremy Corbyn gives Theresa May another easy ride at PMQs
There is something horrible and unnatural about seeing Theresa May in trouble. Her aloof and grandmotherly face becomes a canvas…
A capital afternoon at London’s Trump protest
Usually it starts at McDonald’s. When protestors gather in central London they like to vandalise the burger chain’s Whitehall branch…
PMQs reaches a new low
The busy Speaker has made two new friends this week. He interrupted PMQs to introduce them to the house. ‘We’re…
Theresa May plays the blame game at PMQs
The Speaker continues to use PMQs as a sort of rolling news platform where his millions of fans can catch…
John Bercow is outstaying his own welcome
Some of Britain’s top Berc-ologists met recently to discuss a letter sent by John Bercow to MPs nearly a decade…
I’m lonely but the Loneliness Minister won’t take my calls
I blame Bercow. The Speaker has introduced a strange new custom to the Commons. He likes to point out his…
Does the tantrum-prone SNP not realise how privileged Scotland is?
Jeremy Corbyn had one of his best PMQs ever. Then it all went wrong. His witty use of Boris’s recent…
Are the late nights flogging Labour Live tickets getting to Corbyn?
Odd sights at PMQs today. Theresa May wore a dark blue outfit covered in an outbreak of Pollock-esque dots, as…
Labour’s obesity crisis
PMQs began with a question about obesity from Labour’s Kerry McCarthy. The crisis has reached breaking-point, she said. Our chubby…
Corbyn’s comic timing is more Karl Marx than Groucho
He’s making the most of it before he gets the push. The Speaker chaired one of the longest-ever sessions of…
Is time up for John Bercow?
More trouble for the Speaker today. It’s becoming clear that John Bercow is not just unpopular but unlucky as well.…
Jeremy Corbyn’s PMQs capitulation
It was a masterclass in capitulation, a stunning act of self-slaughter. And yet, in a way, it was pitifully inept.…
Why didn’t David Lammy give Corbyn a helping hand at PMQs?
The royal nativity opened proceedings at PMQs. Mrs May sounded thrilled about the newborn nipper but the Labour leader could…
John Bercow spares Jeremy Corbyn’s blushes at PMQs
Would she resign over Windrush? Having spent nearly eight years at the heart of government, Theresa May was clearly deeply involved…
Quentin Letts isn’t racist – our theatrical culture, which hands out jobs on the basis of racial profiling, is
Oh my goodness. Quentin Letts is ‘a racist’ apparently . It says so on Twitter. In his review of the…
May’s PMQs attitude should worry Corbyn
Poor Jeremy Corbyn seemed muted and cowed at PMQs. He stooped over the despatch box, his chin down, his voice murmuring…
Jeremy Corbyn shows why he shouldn’t stick to the script at PMQs
Brexit is going well, apparently. And the prime minister seemed in chipper mood at PMQs. She was even enjoying herself.…
John Bercow was curiously quiet at PMQs
John Bercow, parliament’s anti-bullying tsar, was strangely reticent at PMQs today. The all-but-speechless Speaker limited himself to a single intervention.…
‘Mansplaining’ Corbyn plumbs new depths at PMQs
Jezza was on spectacularly dreary form at PMQs. He droned through a communique about International Women’s Day which made the…
PMQs sketch: MPs take the Barnier Plan seriously
The thoughts of M Barnier get barnier and barnier. Today’s crazy idea from the EU’s chief negotiator was a ‘common…
Does John Bercow think politics is illegal?
The Speaker decided that he should be the star-turn at PMQs, descending from his high chair and delivered one his longest ever speeches
Theresa May makes it an unhappy birthday for Dennis Skinner
The S-bomb landed on PMQs this afternoon. Suffragettes. Exactly a century and a day has passed since parliament granted women…
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