Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Osborne on his debut conveyed the impression of complete control

The Chancellor made the Osborne system look stronger than it has ever been, and set out to co-opt the Labour Party into it.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Harman scores off Cameron by telling him to stop gloating

The Prime Minister was plainly wounded by the suggestion that he does not know how to behave.

Interview: David Campbell Bannerman says that over half of Tory MEPs will join Conservatives for Britain

He also says UKIP has “tainted” the Out campaign, and predicts that the European Commission will “play dirty” with the referendum.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Bomber Cameron sets out to destroy Labour on the ground

The Prime Minister repeatedly condemned the official Opposition for being “enemies of aspiration”.

Interview: Priti Patel, Employment Minister, makes the case for hard work and free childcare

She knows about work, and is unembarrassed to talk about it, because her family arrived from Uganda with nothing.

The humiliation of the pundits leaves Cameron free to appeal to the people

The media’s comic inability to foresee the election result will have political consequences.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons Sketch: Good humour reigns on the Tory benches

But there were the first signs of animosity between Labour and the SNP.

Queen’s Speech sketch: One Nation Toryism is the most inclusive form of British nationalism

David Cameron looked admirably chastened. Michael Gove behaved like an octogenarian who is taking great care to avoid nasty accidents.

Profile: Amber Rudd, a true believer in climate change

The new Energy and Climate Change Secretary epitomises the belief of the Cameroons that they can dominate politics for many years to come.

Interview: Gavin Barwell – the ultimate Tory proof of how incumbency can be made to work

Different messages were sent to UKIP/Tory waverers; to undecided voters who preferred Cameron to Miliband; and to non-Tories who nevertheless liked Barwell.

ConHome/Taxpayers’ Alliance Conference sketch: Exit Douglas Carswell, pursued by a bear

At our Post-Election Conference, UKIP’s only MP was put on the spot, and others were applauded as they outlined great things which can now be achieved.

This victory was predicted: Conservative candidates knew they were doing better than the polls said

It was perfectly possible to foresee where undecided voters were likely to go when at last they got round to making up their minds.

Election Sketch: Why the Scots are so keen to register a massive protest vote against Labour

Labour voters in Douglas Alexander’s seat are furious at being treated as “a second-class nation” and “bullied” during the referendum.

Election Sketch: Mundell has a better chance than most of surviving the SNP tsunami

The threat posed by Scottish Nationalists to the Union has had the beneficial consequence of reinvigorating the Scottish Conservatives.

Election sketch: Charlotte Leslie – “Getting Stuff Done” on the doorsteps of Bristol North West

She knows how to “swim her own race” – and, at a local level, is part of the anti-politics movement.