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“A” for effort

Sunak the swot earns grudging respect for his class presentation

Schrodinger’s deal

The Northern Ireland Protocol now exists in a state of quantum uncertainty

I’ve got a brand new combine harvester

City lawyer turns rural heartthrob as Keir Starmer woos the farmers

Panto in parliament

Michael Gove takes us on a regional tour

Kettering meets Kiev

A people under threat, and their brave war-time leader — yes, that’s right, its Philip Hollobone

Bananas republic

Helping the dear leader pay the bills was all part of the service in the Glorious People’s Republic of Boris

Your part in my downfall

Hutton reflects on his unsuccessful stint as editor-in-chief of the Critic, and has determined the readers are to blame

An endangered species

The Conservatives are losing their grip on power

I am the lord thy Brexit

Thou shalt have no other Brexits before me

We deep dive at dawn

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