
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: “Tory sleaze” puts fresh heart into Starmer
The Leader of the Opposition looked rejuvenated, but Johnson declined to oblige him by looking in the slightest bit worried by the Greensill affair.
Andrew Gimson is a contributing editor to ConservativeHome and the author of "Boris - the Rise of Boris Johnson". He was the Daily Telegraph's parliamentary sketchwriter, and before that the paper's Berlin correspondent.
Follow @The Leader of the Opposition looked rejuvenated, but Johnson declined to oblige him by looking in the slightest bit worried by the Greensill affair.
The Prime Minister described, with relish, Prince Philip’s ability to drive “a coach and horses through the finer points of diplomatic protocol”.
That sorrow, more profound than many people had expected, is a measure of the affection and respect in which he was held.
All three PMs did about as well as anyone could in the circumstances, and all three, so far as one can see, are doomed.
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He wrote Cameron’s “Hug a Hoody” speech, and during the Barnard Castle affair leapt to the defence of Cummings.
Starmer attacked Johnson for promising not to cut the size of the Army, yet now doing exactly that.
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This old-style socialist turns out to be much more of a small-c conservative than his many critics are willing to admit.
The Prime Minister listened supportively, but jiggled his right knee up and down in a manner suggestive of unbearable mental tension.
It is hard to find any precedent for the path that he has chosen. What furies drive him? Why this frantic activity?
It is not good for the Commons for the Prime Minister to win such easy victories, and may not even be good for Johnson.