Robert Hutton

Robert Hutton is The Critic's parliamentary sketchwriter, and the author of Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter, Romps, Tots & Boffins, and, Would They Lie To You? He tweets at @RobDotHutton

When a sketchwriter faces awkward questions, only a billionaire’s dictated letter of support will do

Does Keir Starmer have any plans for his final weeks in Downing Street?

Andy Burnham is not from London. Have we mentioned that he is not from London?

Burnham: “Ay up! I’m a northerner”

With the prime minister on his way out, even his own MPs have discovered a fondness for him

It was an anticlimactic end to an unconvincing premiership

“Stop Farage” seems to be a more effective message than “Farage”

Some political truths on which we can all agree

There was a great deal of talking today, but how much of it meant anything?

Can Richard Tice clean up Reform’s image? Or a park?