Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: This potential Labour leader suffers from a shortage of brio

Cooper is on top of her brief, yet somehow failed to press home her advantage as she pointed out to Patel that many criminals are getting off scot free.

John Macdonald: It’s unsustainable for the Tories to offer so little to younger voters

But unless the Party offers them a genuine shot at prosperity, it risks sliding into decline.

Partygate and Beergate. Is Starmer’s surest way of gaining Johnson’s resignation to quit himself?

Hypocrisy tops the list of dangers for a politician – and Labour’s leader is dangerously exposed.

Profile: Chris Bryant, the “natural rocker of boats” who aims to sink the Prime Minister’s

As long as this former priest and aspirant actor can find some high moral reason for doing so, he loves to make trouble.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Starmer inflicts a second day of sanctimony on the House

The Prime Minister replaced Tuesday’s contrition with fighting spirit, and dismissed his opponent as “a Corbynista in a smart Islington suit”.

Allan Mallinson: What if Putin opts to use tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine?

In the public imagination, his vague nuclear threats suggest intercontinental strikes against western cities. But suppose they mean something else.

Richard Holden: With Labour as the alternative, Conservatives cannot afford any more divisions

Whatever the outcome of Sue Gray’s investigation, we must draw a line under the questions being faced by the Government.

Lisa Townsend: It’s time for Conservatives to address the party’s women problem

We need to reconnect with 51 per cent of voters pronto. Just not with a pink bus or targeted manifesto.

Stewart Jackson: A reshuffle that moved some of the Prime Minister’s critics into the Cabinet would be prudent

The Government must rebuild its demoralised electoral coalition, keep the Right broadly united and develop a compelling narrative and a legacy.

Daniel Hannan: Don’t write off Johnson

Who is enjoying his discomfort? Labour, the LibDems, Macron, Rejoiners, woke academics – everyone, in short, who wants to see Brexit Britain fail.

Dean Machin: Policymakers must understand the reasons people go to university – or else educational reforms will be resented

Attempts to push people on to technical courses at local further education colleges, among other proposals, could backfire.

Sarah Ingham: Under Johnson, the Marie Antoinette of our times, a Labour government is no longer unimaginable

‘Let their frail elderly be unvisited in care homes. Let their weddings be postponed’, is the message of this Prime Minister.

Vox Pub in Sidcup: “I think that Boris will get in and Labour will have to have a rethink”.

Voters at this week’s by-election in Old Bexley and Sidcup are angry with the Prime Minister, but do not appear to have settled on anyone better.

Ryan Bourne: It’ll take decades, not years, to determine whether Brexit was a success

Leavers and Remainers have been premature to judge this major constitutional change.

Peter Franklin: The growing threat from the Green Party

Ardingly & Balcombe, Aldeburgh & Leiston, Downs North; Horndean Downs, Brundall: what might all these local government losses have in common?