The monarch was in the Lords, but in the Commons, King Keir the Smug began his reign
It seemed from the speech there was nothing a committee or strategy council wouldn’t solve – Government by Blob
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It seemed from the speech there was nothing a committee or strategy council wouldn’t solve – Government by Blob
Nobody does sneering at this nation better than the English, and Lily Allen is just the latest culprit
Earnest questions about the Euros and a surreal photo-call mark new Prime Minister’s first overseas trip
Dogs at polling stations, cats at polling stations, nuns at polling stations – oh for a natural disaster to enliven things
It’s easier to ‘queer’ the Bronte sisters than actually engage with their ideas and their hinterland
And the winner was… anyone smart enough to turn over Question Time and watch the football
Those who say Farage is Britain’s answer to MAGA are wrong, it’s actually the Workers Party leader
Tory incompetence risks handing Sir Keir Starmer’s party swathes of seats it couldn’t care less about
Labour wonks greet the arrival of shadow paymaster-general Jonathan Ashworth as if he is Taylor Swift at the manifesto launch in Manchester
Ranging from rottweiler to therapist, Beth Rigby is seemingly the only one on show with any kind of job satisfaction
Britain’s pro-Brussels elite hasn’t got a clue how to handle the EU’s sharp shift to the populist Right
Lib Dem leader fondly recalls his wacky stunts at manifesto launch
BBC leaders debate would have been a bit less random if actually had any leaders on show
Drill sergeant Kay Burley sprays questions at the Work and Pensions Secretary, go-to whipping boy for the Tories
Great speeches could once be heard in the Commons. Now bland management babble is all that is left
Gender-critical environmental friendliness descended on Bristol for launch of general election campaign