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

This was a clear U-turn, made on a busy road in broad daylight, with hazard lights flashing

The Earth’s Dreariest Heroes might have run out of sequels

It was the best of deals, it was the worst of deals

Leadbeater is a jolly speaker, chivvying us onwards

Labour and Reform seem to be locked in an uneasy embrace

The Prime Minister’s rhetoric has nothing to do with Reform, it says here

The prime minister is being haunted by a smug Nigel Farage

The government’s exciting plans for patriotic displays of Britishness

Never be the first to stop clapping

Here comes the Starmer with his pun