Baffled, punch-drunk Boris Johnson is forced to contemplate a moral universe The former PM sneaked into the Covid inquiry and mumbled an apology. He was blindsided by the most obvious questions The Guardian - UK · Dec 6, 2023
Impervious to advice or rules, Johnson held up the shield of stupidity The Convict ignored his well-paid legal team to mount a defence blind to logic The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023
Gagging for Rish! It’s a second coming for Sunak, the silent messiah As Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt drop out, the 1922 Committee manages to dodge a democratic vote The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2022
At peace with herself, Librium Liz re-embraces her own mediocrity Suddenly, the rejects and The Convict have another shot. Give it time till someone suggests Liz again The Guardian - UK · Oct 20, 2022
The Convict departs in a haze of self-delusion, playing the victim card to the last Boris Johnson’s final speech outside No 10 betrayed no recognition that he was the architect of his own downfall The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022
Truss and Sunak: completely unreliable narrators of their own campaigns The Tory leadership hopefuls hit the hustings willing to say any old nonsense that might go down well with members The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022
Tory MPs indulge in a mawkish farewell for their poundshop Arnie ‘Hasta la vista, baby,’ he said – he’s torn the party apart once, and he’ll happily do it all over again The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022
The Tories have a death wish. Truss looks set to make it to the last two with Rish! Is the rise of the ideologue without ideas a cunning plan to destroy the Conservative party from within? The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022
Leadership debate infighting too toxic even for the Tories The third instalment didn’t happen after Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak pulled out, while Boris maundered on in the Commons The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2022
Truss perplexes her fellow MPs with robotic pitch for Tory leader role, upstaging the Maybot Truss had only one thing to throw into the ring once she found the door – and it was still The Convict The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2022
Fainting room only at Penny Mordaunt’s swelteringly dull leadership launch Her eyes welled up as if to make it clear she agreed with herself – and was profoundly moved by what she was saying The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022
As Tories queue up to fill the Convict’s shoes, we are now officially in gameshow territory Hopefuls deliver a word salad of fantasy economics and flannel as they launch leadership campaigns The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2022
Raab hits his nadir defending The Convict – then it all hits the fan At the end of a day of embarrassment and existential despair for the Tories, two cabinet members quit The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2022
MPs give Boris Johnson a soft landing after a week of summiteering The PM got off lightly over Chris Pincher – lucky for him as his backbenchers seemed to have better things to do than back him The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2022
The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022 His suit a mess, bags under his eyes, jet-set Boris still thinks he’s a catch Vladimir Putin might not fancy him much, but buoyed by his halfwit foreign secretary, the PM wound up some happy travels
The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022 Rayner outwits a condescending Raab in a bloodless PMQs pantomime The Convict had escaped, so the Tory and Labour deputies ran through the motions in a knockabout that was pure ritual
The Guardian - UK · Jun 24, 2022 Of course the Convict wouldn’t resign – that’s for little people like Dowden ‘The way forward is not to focus on personalities,’ said the man whose whole career has been built on his personality
The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2022 Boris produces bubbles of nonsense when quizzed about Carrie A Labour question rattled Johnson at PMQs, and then a revitalised Keir Starmer pounced
The Guardian - UK · Jun 21, 2022 Grant Shapps’s rail strike blame game joins fellow ministers’ absurdities in a vision of Tory Wonderland Transport secretary absolves himself of responsibility for transport as Boris Johnson and Liz Truss turn the screw on all sense
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2022 Lord Geidt, the ultimate stooge, struggles to maintain the illusion of authority Independent adviser on ministers’ interests sounded as if he had never read the ‘independent’ part of the job description
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2022 Priti Vacant leaves it to others to defend Rwanda deportations The home secretary inexplicably declined the chance to update MPs on how well the refugee flights policy was going
The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2022 Olives, bananas, train ticket staff … Big Dog Boris takes a grotesque Blackpool ramble A fatally damaged PM laid bare the poverty of his ambition in a speech that was a model of futility
The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2022 Starmer fails to electrify Commons after bum notes from prime minister unplugged Labour leader lands few blows on embattled Boris Johnson, almost as if he wanted to ensure PM wasn’t damaged too badly
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022 Operation Save Big Dog ramps up the day after the Boris music died From the delusional to purely transactional, MPs queued up with excuses for backing the PM
The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2022 Day of pleading and threats ends with Boris Johnson in post. Just about Prime minister has won the vote but lost his leadership after Tories finally turn on him in large numbers