Back by popular demand, it's the hard-as-nails political quiz that gives YOU the perfect chance to ignore your loved ones on Christmas day. Step back through a mad year in British politics and see how you fare.

European elections, Theresa May out, Boris Johnson in, a snap general election and a new Parliament. For fans of politics, the 2019 season has been action-packed. Take a trip down memory lane as we round-up our most read stories from the year.

It's been a busy year in British politics, and, as ever, Twitter provided MPs with an outlet. PoliticsHome rounds-up some of the more eye-catching political tweets of 2019.

Labour has hit out at the Government over a series of "disgraceful" delays for NHS patients waiting for diagnostic scans and tests.

George Osborne has described Boris Johnson as a “contradiction” that has supported causes such as Brexit “to get himself to the top”.

Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn have paid tribute to NHS and other public sector workers in their annual Christmas messages to the public.

Dawn Butler has confirmed that she is planning to run to be Labour's deputy leader.

Emily Thornberry has launched a fresh attack on Jeremy Corbyn and his advisers as she stepped up her bid to succeed him as Labour leader.

Former Labour leader Ed Miliband is helping run a review into the party’s disastrous election result.

Emily Thornberry has promised to quit as Labour leader if the polls shows she could not win an election.

The editor of Radio 4's Today programme has accused Downing Street of deploying "Trumpian" tactics after ministers were banned from appearing on the flagship morning show.

Former House of Commons Speaker John Bercow should be given a peerage despite objections from Number 10, his successor has said.

Boris Johnson has defended a £4bn deal which will see a US private equity firm purchasing a major British defence company, depsite concerns from UK military leaders.

Donald Trump has invited Boris Johnson to visit him in the White House as the US and UK look to strike a "massive trade deal" after Brexit.

Labour MP David Lammy has revealed he is considering a run at his party's leadership as he vowed to challenge Boris Johnson with "civic nationalism".

Former Labour deputy leader Lord Hattersley has called on the party's MPs to defy Rebecca Long-Bailey if she succeeds Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

A Labour MP has called on the party to expel one of its members after they unleashed a “barrage of abusive and false tweets” in the wake of the election.

Boris Johnson is to serve Christmas lunch to British troops in Estonia today during a visit to a Nato mission.

Boris Johnson has sparked anger after insisting Britain will not follow any EU rules after Brexit.

Boris Johnson has expanded the government’s team of taxpayer-funded special advisers, with some being paid more than £100,000 a year.

 

Jeremy Corbyn has been hit by a rebellion of his shadow Cabinet as MPs threw their weight behind Boris Johnson's EU Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Ministers will overhaul a controversial tax policy after an independent report found it caused “serious distress”.

Boris Johnson saw his EU Withdrawal Bill easily pass its latest hurdle in the Commons as MPs signed off for Christmas by wishing their colleagues “a merry Brexmas”.

The Prime Minister has been criticised for scrapping protections for child refugees in his new Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief Andrew Bailey has been named as the next governor of the Bank of England by the Treasury.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has spoken of his "shock" after being diagnosed with diabetes.

Boris Johnson has urged MPs to end “years of delay and rancour” as he called on them to back his plan to leave the European Union in a crucial Commons vote.

Clive Lewis has announced he is standing to replace Jeremy Corbyn saying he will “unleash” the Labour movement.

A former Labour MP has won £75,000 in libel damages from a union and the owner of a far-left website.

The Independent Group for Change is shutting down less than a year after it was created after losing all its MPs at the General Election.

Zac Goldsmith has been given a peerage after losing his seat so he can stay on as environment minister and attend Cabinet.

Boris Johnson is considering plans for new espionage legislation aimed at beefing up security services against attacks from foreign states. 

Boris Johnson has announced he will ban public institutions from holding anti-Israel boycotts after they were labelled a “thin disguise for anti-Semitism” by a former Tory chairman.

Boris Johnson’s second Queen’s Speech beefed-up the Tory agenda with a number of fresh bills introduced that were omitted from the state opening just three months ago. Anahita Hossein-Pour takes a detailed look.

The Brexit department is to be “wound up” after the UK leaves the EU on January 31, the Government has confirmed.

Boris Johnson made a bid to cement the Tories’ new electoral coalition as he unveiled a Queen’s Speech heavy on Brexit, the NHS and workers’ rights.