21 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Minister's eyes said I cannot tell you too much in case I have to strangle you afterwards...

The Commons was updated on the weekend arrest, in English towns, of several Iranians on suspicion of terror offences.

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42 h. ago As the UK is denied access to crime databases... when will Starmer, the EU's most ardent suitor, wake up to its blinkered intransigence and desire to punish Britain?

Will the scales ever fall from Sir Keir Starmer 's eyes? Might our profoundly Europhile Prime Minister one day wake up to the reality that the European Union is a doctrinaire?

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4 d. ago ‘Not everybody who voted for Carney quite knows what they got’: Canada eyes its new prime minister

Standing up to the erratic US president will be a key task for Mark Carney, but experts say economic challenges might prove far more testingFor most of his adult life, Mark Carney has thrived in a world where facts matter and logical arguments can suffice.But Canada’s prime minister, who until this week had never held elected office, now enters a domain in which personal slights, ambition and ego often hold more sway than truth or reason. And Carney, who dealt with politicians, some hostile, as a central banker, has now become one, occupying a role in which he’s all but guaranteed to disappoint someone. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Why is the political class hated? Because our rulers have turned the language into mush

Parliamentarian of the week was a Labour hereditary, Lord Berkeley, who on Monday creaked to his feet to ask about Whitehall's 'farming road map'.

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6 d. ago Rocketing dud Sir Keir did well to answer the most boring man in Parliament, writes QUENTIN LETTS

QUENTIN LETTS: But the drone factory at Westminster was still producing annoying devices - known by various names, most politely 'MPs' or 'backbenchers'.

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7 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Goofball Ed pranced into the Commons dressage ring with gnashers bared

QUENTIN LETTS: Energy Secretary Mr Miliband came prancing into the Commons dressage ring. He was on the tips of his hooves, gnashers bared, swishing his tail.

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8 d. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Major Tim was a chatty fellow... space travel does that

Astronaut Tim Peake (pictured) was at a House of Lords committee to discuss outer space. Discussion soon landed on the crucial matter: should space be governed by the United Nations?

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: There's been an uptick in groovy Americanisms

With the PM so desperate to stress his Englishness, just one question: why does he spout so many Americanisms?

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: The Colombian's interpreter at Ed Miliband's global energy shindig had a growly voice worthy of any Spaghetti Western bandido

Well that was a bit of a diplomatic floater. Ed Miliband's global energy shindig started yesterday at London's Lancaster House. 

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1 week ago QUENTIN LETTS: The Colombian's interpreter at Ed Miliband's global energy shindig had a growly voice worthy of any Spaghetti Western bandido

Well that was a bit of a diplomatic floater. Ed Miliband's global energy shindig started yesterday at London's Lancaster House. 

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2 w. ago Bridget looked likely to smash a pint glass in the nearest Hooray Henry's face

The hot topic of the day was trans people, following the latest ruling by the Supreme Court. Sir Keir Starmer said he no longer believed blokes could be women. Make your mind up, sunshine.

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3 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: At every New Zero slight, Ed fumbled furtively with his lower lip... then left

Westminster Bills normally need months of scrutiny but this one whizzed through in roughly the time it takes to chill a Cotes de Gascogne. By the end of a captious day we certainly all needed a gargle.

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4 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The public seats were full, but soon visitors were slack

With the world in Trumpian turmoil, an economy self-combusting and rats as big as centaurs cantering through Birmingham, the Commons liaison committee had 90 minutes to interrogate the PM.

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4 w. ago QUENTIN LETTS: The poohbahs were like aristocratic ladies confronted by the pong of fish

Bumpy sort of day for our political class. Stock markets were diving like guillemots and Net Zero sprang a leak - Labour was doing a reverse-ferret on electric car rules.

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