Plus: The Parliamentary Awayday. Matt Hancock is bitten by a police alsatian – but as Fabricant observed, the dog should live!
The close-run fight for the future of our country comfortably wins both polls by clear majorities, trumping defections to UKIP and showdowns with Europe.
Of course our efforts at Rochester weren’t helped by the glitches in the new CCHQ computer “Darth Vader”.
The case for Bercow as a great reformer tends to be obscured by his astonishingly bad manners.
Only the points of order raised against John Bercow by three Tory MPs struck a partisan note.
The Speaker’s authority has evaporated – his survival is now at odds with the smooth functioning of the Commons.
He apologises. She demands the whip be withdrawn from him. Plenty of publicity for both.
Having been sacked as Vice Chairman of the party, his tweets will presumably raise even more eyebrows.
“You might very well say that, I couldn’t possibly comment.”
Lichfield MP appears wearing a moustache wig.
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