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Less than three months after winning an election in which he portrayed Jeremy Corbyn as a security risk, Boris Johnson is being tarred with the same brush by his own side, writes Patrick Kidd
What John Bercow’s moderately entertaining memoir lacks in self-reflection and modesty it more than makes up for in score-settling vitriol, writes Patrick Kidd
The mooted move to York has caused consternation. Getting from the Garrick in time for questions is tricky enough; having to dice with National Rail would create an intolerable strain, writes Patrick Kidd
Maiden speeches can set out the ones to watch in a new intake of MPs. On this evidence, the new batch will step up to the mark, writes Patrick Kidd
As the new Speaker took charge of PMQs for the first time, MPs were controlled with a look, or occasionally a wag of the finger, but none of the theatrics of his predecessor, writes Patrick Kidd
It must be maddening for those hoping to get straight answers, but Boris Johnson's modus obstandi is devastatingly effective, writes Patrick Kidd
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