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

MPs shocked to discover a liar could have risen so far

The Speaker isn’t going to take it anymore – not from Boris at any rate.

Cuts are increases. Good deals are bad

Some people are nobody’s enemies but their own

All cynics need the chewing gum of romance

Meanwhile in the Caino Chief of Staff timeline …

Gove? Mitchell Gove? Sorry, Michael? No, never heard of him, why?

With a Johnson lockdown easing, terms & conditions apply

What happens if an imaginary grenade doesn’t explode?

Abysmal media incompetence but something deeper is at work