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

Do everything with grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure

The PM’s in a massive sulk – maybe starting a new hedge fund would cheer him up?

What happens to film franchises when action heroes age?

Clash of the summer blockbusters as joyless harbinger of doom meets clueless plastic doll

We’ve elected far too many Conservative MPs from mickey mouse constituencies

A fresh telling of a largely forgotten slice of wartime history

Call DegreeStoppers now – if your tip leads to a conviction, you could receive a postgraduate diploma

Boris Johnson haunted a cagey performance by leading civil servants

Excuses leakier than the Portcullis House roof

An unconvincing display from Johnsonian loyalists