The Queen’s Speech in York, Cummings-style

We suggest that the state coach wends its way from Buckingham Palace to York along the slow lane of the A1 – via Finchley Road, Brent Cross and the Doncaster by-pass.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Good King Boris triumphs over the doomsters

Seldom have the politics of magnanimity been used so skilfully to baffle dissent.

WATCH: Corbyn challenges the Prime Minister’s plan for social care

PMQs – “It’s now been almost three years since the government promised a green paper on social care… What’s the hold-up?”

Iain Dale: How Harry and Meghan sunk Barry Gardiner’s Labour leadership bid

Plus: What Johnson was supposed to do about Iran from Number Ten that he couldn’t do from Mustique is mysterious. I imagine that it has phones and the internet.

WATCH: PMQs – Soleimani “had British blood on his hands”

“I think most reasonable people would accept that the United States has the right to protect its bases and its personnel,” declares Johnson.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Good King Boris sets out to reunite his kingdom

The Prime Minister conducted himself like a benevolent monarch.

Daniel Hannan: Revolutionary Iran is a threat to our national security – not just regional stability. It must be confronted and defeated.

During the years when the West sought to draw Iran back into the comity of nations, the ayatollahs backed terrorist bombs, cyberattacks, and drone shootings.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: In the name of Cabinet government, Wallace speaks for Johnson

The Defence Secretary accused the Leader of the Opposition of spouting anti-American, “anti-imperialist guff”.

WATCH: Where is the Prime Minister? asks Corbyn

Johnson is “scared to stand up to President Trump” over the US assassination of Soleimani.

Richard Holden: The Red Wall. My part in its downfall. How I won North West Durham – Labour since its creation.

We need to build long-term trust to hold seats like this one. We can win again – but we must deliver.

Trump and Iran. What’s the plan?

It isn’t obvious that his foreign policy has been less effective than George W.Bush’s activism or Obama’s passivity. But what’s his aim here?

Will Starmer prove to be the new Kinnock?

After the 1983 defeat, Labour’s electoral progress was slow. This time around the Party will face further decline without a bold change in direction.

As 2020 begins, we look back on ten years in which Tories first led the movement for austerity…and then against it

And so it was that the cause of Remain, fronted by Cameron and George Osborne, lost out to that of Leave, led by…Boris Johnson and Michael Gove. 

2019. The year of three ConservativeHome columnists – Frayne, Halfon & Wolf.

All played a part in forming the new Tory appeal that has made major inroads into the working class, Wales and provinical England.

WATCH: Corbyn – “We warned before the general election the Prime Minister’s Brexit deal was a terrible deal for our country”

The Leader of the Opposition speaks in today’s debate on the Brexit Bill.