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

It’s time to jump on the B.A.N.D.W.A.G.O.N.

A bad week is only getting worse for Rachel Reeves

It was an austere Spring Statement for an austere government

How the Heathrow fire, like everything else, proved that Richard Tice’s politics are correct

It’s shabby, but we should embrace that

Chris Philp’s colourful body language summed up the feelings of MPs on both sides of Parliament

Liz Kendall found few sympathetic ears on welfare reform

Lots was missing from this press conference: expectation management, questions from the press and — wasn’t there another MP?

The characters are well-drawn and every performance is terrific

Does Keir Starmer have big plans for British institutions?