Portcullis

Nurturing the flame of the candle of hope

The brightest and the best and the Matt and the Dido

This must not be read within 2 metres of another sketch, unless you are in a bubble with John Crace

With friends like Tory backbenchers, who needs Cabinet colleagues?

Straighten tie, look to camera, the guys are here? Don’t smile, furrow brow, go

Jeremy Corbyn sails into deep water with the EHRC

Calm, Zen, Relaxed, Unfussed, Unagitated, Boris, Flip, Cripes, Oo-er

Neither Starmer nor Johnson know if local lockdowns are any more effective than national lockdowns. But both have dug-in to their positions.