Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May will perhaps be able to enjoy Christmas after all

The wind has changed in the Prime Minister’s favour.

Profile: David Lidington – the Tory loyalist diverging from his leader over Brexit. And now tipped as her successor.

At the heart of May’s operation, this staunch Conservative is now mulling potential ways to a second referendum with Labour MPs.

How Dublin ran rings round May on the Northern Ireland border

Tony Connelly describes in painful detail the success of Irish negotiators in aligning themselves with the EU27, while leaving the Brits to flounder.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Never glad confident morning again!

Sir Graham Brady’s announcement of the voting figures came as an icy shock to the Prime Minister’s supporters.

Andrew Gimson’s Westminster sketch: A carnival in which even the Prime Minister’s inhibitions start to break down

Rumour and counter-rumour fly round the Palace, and those with walk-on parts have a wonderful time.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Conservative MPs do not look nearly as loyal as one would think to listen to them

The Prime Minister saw off the Leader of the Opposition, but her own backbenchers seemed glum and thoughtful.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Lidington is no Horatius

He defended the absent Prime Minister with decency and moderation, but neither Labour nor Conservative MPs were persuaded.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May provokes derisive laughter and has exhausted the House’s patience

The Prime Minister looked like a straight actor who is appearing in a Christmas pantomime, in order to become the butt of everyone else’s jokes.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Can it be that Corbyn thinks a “coup de grace” is some kind of fancy ice cream?

Instead of pressing home the attack on the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition helped her regain her composure.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May cannot sell her compromise and centrist MPs are preparing to take over

Power seems to be seeping away from the ancien regime.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Ministers are voted guilty of contempt for the first time in Parliament’s history

The Attorney General’s claim that it would not be in the national interest to reveal his legal advice was defeated in the Commons.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Cox delivers a majestic counterblast to all those who think the Brexit deal is a sell-out

The Attorney-General gave an electrifying performance as he refused to publish the advice he has given to ministers.

The Commons renders the proposed television debate on Brexit utterly superfluous

It is hard to see how the different Brexit alternatives can be presented anything like as well on TV as they will be in Parliament.

A cry of rage against the BBC

Robin Aitken, who worked for the Corporation for 25 years, accuses it of propagating liberalism and suppressing conservatism behind a pretend impartiality.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: You behold a range of exhausted volcanoes

Never have the Prime Minister’s colleagues looked more despondent, but her backbenchers refrained from trying to defenestrate her.