Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson wishes to remain in office for another ten or 20 years, so goes on the defensive

Labour has not yet found a way to beat the Prime Minister, but it does sometimes force him to play safe.

Withdrawal Bill, Second Reading. The Government wins by 30 votes.

It’s a surprisingly large Government majority: 24 independents and 19 Labour MPs voted with the Government.

Ten hurdles that Johnson must leap if a deal is agreed this week

If it happens, he must not just win but keep the backing of the DUP, Spartans, Labour rebels and as many of the whipless 21 as he can – and stave off a referendum too.

Andrew Mitchell: Why we now need a full inquiry into UK involvement in torture

What Parliament’s Security Committee began – and was frustrated by the Government in doing – judges must now complete.

Iain Dale: I’m not out to get Bercow, but I believe that his time is up

Plus: Willetts loses at least one of his brains. Labour frets about losing Lewisham East (which it shouldn’t do). And: Morgan and Clarke, not the Brexiteers, are the real obsessives.

Interview: Kemi Badenoch – “I’m not really left-leaning on anything…I always lean right instinctively”

She voted for Davis in 2005, and her hero is Airey Neave: “The escape from Colditz is I think probably the coolest thing any British politician has ever done.”

Profile: Tom Tugendhat, successful insurgent and a possible future Tory leader

With Rees-Mogg’s backing, how can he fail?

James Hannam: The Panama Papers aftermath. It’s time to abolish the withholding tax.

In this new era of transparency, the Government should now start to dismantle the tax barriers that distort international commerce.

Iain Dale: We’re told that we must take politics out of the NHS. But why on earth would we want to do that?

Plus: Zac’s chances, Jarvis’s speech, Stuart Ramsay’s great scoop. And: how long can it be before Carswell and Evans re-join the Conservatives?

A consequence of Labour’s self-destruction: weakness in the face of ISIS

A legacy of the Corbyn surge, whoever wins the party’s leadership, is that getting its support for bombing in the autumn will be as problematic as ever – if not more so.

Iain Dale: Credit to Crosby – we doubters have egg on our faces

Plus: Scotland is a problem of Labour’s own making. Dan Jarvis’s time has come. Prepare for a UKIP leadership bloodbath. And good riddance to Vince Cable!

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Miliband just got mauled – send for Major Jarvis

This was the Labour leader’s worst week yet. It was like watching a rabbit being shaken in the jaws of a triumphant labrador.