Letwin the optimist says MPs can still find a Brexit which commands a majority

Harmony reigned as he denied being a revolutionary.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May is no Trump, no populist, but nor is she much of a parliamentarian

The Prime Minister looked alone at the Despatch Box.

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

He is being touted as an interim Prime Minister – so we republish our profile of him from last December.

Neave had the boldness to make a home run from Colditz, and to help Thatcher beat Heath

Patrick Bishop’s biography of Airey Neave, who in 1975 showed how to run a successful leadership campaign.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: May like Cromwell is losing patience with Parliament

The Prime Minister seemed to imply that if MPs will not bend to her will, she is off.

Interview – Davies & McVey. They back May’s deal. “I don’t try to persuade Esther that she shouldn’t do something, and she doesn’t persuade me that I should do something.”

“We’ve both been on a very different journey…our views have aligned.”

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May is now well enough to be angry

The Prime Minister is also astute enough to get Gove to make the case for Meaningful Vote Three.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The Prime Minister evokes sympathy, not approval

Nor could the Attorney General provide anything for his colleagues to cheer.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: How much more of this agony can May take?

The Prime Minister finds herself threatened, like Lord North, with the role of scapegoat for a failed policy.

The British economy has survived so many crises that it can surely survive Brexit

William Keegan’s memoir describes with ebullient good humour how he covered half a century of bad news.

Profile: Nimble, eager to please, unembarrassable. The inconstant Gardiner, capable of demolishing Labour’s Brexit policy in seconds.

Tied to no faction, former Blair backer turned Corbyn supporter, the shadow Trade Secretary is a law unto himself.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Bercow is killing this contest by encouraging pious blather instead of brutal brevity

The Speaker has unintentionally become the friend of waffle during the weekly session.

Interview. Sharma – “Every foreign investor I met thought leaving the EU would present significantly more opportunities for bilateral trade.”

The Employment Minister embodies two reasons why the Government is still afloat – its jobs creation record and under-reported Ministerial loyalty.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May threatens to drive everyone over a cliff, then offers a concession

The Prime Minister lives to fight another day, and with a bit of help from Labour she could still get her deal through.

This hatchet job on Corbyn fails to explain why so many people voted for him

Bower writes him off as a loser, which is perhaps what he will end up being. But he did much better at the last general election than the commentariat expected.