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She looks like Supernanny but Lucy Powell needs a lot more kryptonite to take on Penny Mordaunt
Labour’s newly-appointed Shadow Leader of the Commons arrived in Parliament to give the Tories a ticking-off
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Sunak stages one-man Rorke’s Drift to hold back the tide of bum jokes
Sir Keir Starmer was on ebullient form, but his gravitas contrasted with the barrage of bad puns in the Commons
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The Conservatives are fast turning their one triumph into a disaster
The crumbling concrete crisis risks souring the fine Tory record on education, letting Labour overturn it
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Our failing state prefers to punish the law-abiding majority rather than criminals
The police, local councils, HMRC: all seem to find it easier to go after honest citizens than real offenders
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It's pretty vacant in pink as the Plastics take over Parliament
Barbie-mania hits the chamber as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer slug it out over waiting lists and public spending again
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Supporting Novak Djokovic is the love that dare not speak its name
The Serb player may be the Millwall of tennis greats, but the sport needs him both for his flair and as a pantomime villain
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Karate chops and 'daft laddy questions' take centre stage as Michael Gove turns Covid inquiry operatic
With idiosyncratic hand-gestures and theatrical flourishes 'the Lord High Everything Else' makes quite the witness
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The head of the civil service spouting fluent mandarin? Sir Humphrey would be proud
A select committee got a taste of bureaucratese with the appearance of Simon Case
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Time to end the ‘Special Relationship’ delusion
Only on rare, if important, occasions has the United States been a close and true friend to the UK
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Keir Starmer’s speech is interrupted by protesters - hurrah for some excitement!
The Labour leader, that most awkward of orators, unveils his flagship education policy - and you’re not going to believe what it is
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How I learnt to love ‘R’ NHS with a little help from Sunak's stand-in
Everyone was desperate to prove they loved the health service while their leaders also gave thanks at Westminster Abbey
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The NHS destroys our health and calls it fairness
Australia encourages the use of private insurance, and delivers far better outcomes to all patients
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Don’t pity the poor wounded souls of the privileges committee – they are baying for blood
So desperate are these MPs to prove they are not kangaroo court, they demand punitive sanctions against their critics
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Staying true to the past is the real revolutionary act
From the Famous Five to Jane Austen, attempts to reinterpet the classics have just become boring
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Just as things couldn’t get worse for Ben Wallace, he endures a bore war
Reeling from his Nato nightmare, the Defence Secretary faced an inane set of defence questions in the Commons
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Matey Sunak channels Blair – but his message is pure Ted Heath
The PM didn’t quite promise us the worst Christmas since the war, but his words certainly didn’t emanate sunshine
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