[Insert marbles joke here] | COP out | Ceasefire ends
Downing Street didn’t intend on ending the year in a diplomatic war with Greece (unless the dead cat theorists are to be believed…) but...
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- Nov 24
- 14 min
On the Hunt for Tax Cuts | K-pop to the Palace | Not a S***hole
Downing Street will be pretty pleased with how Jeremy Hunt’s big moment in the spotlight went this week, providing a much-needed 4 point...
- Nov 17
- 15 min
Braverman Than Me | Cam Again? | Going Rwandan Circles
It’s been a whirlwind week in Westminster. Suella got the boot, David Cameron made a dramatic return to Whitehall, the Supreme Court...
- Nov 10
- 13 min
Suella de Vil | The King’s Speech | Bond, Nadine Bond
The final parliamentary session before the next general election has begun, with King Charles having made his way to the Palace of...
- Nov 3
- 10 min
King's Speech Preview
With parliament in prorogation and the AI Summit taking up most of the domestic political chatter, we’ve decided to take a look ahead at...
- Oct 27
- 13 min
Ceasefire Rift | AI Spy China | Prorogation Vacation
Israel’s response to Hamas’ 7th October terrorist attack and the increasing death toll in Gaza have continued to drive the political...
- Oct 20
- 14 min
Gaza Siege | Labour Wins | Parliament Returns (briefly)
The war between Israel and Hamas has continued to dominate the global media this week, with Western leaders including Joe Biden, Olaf...
- Oct 13
- 12 min
Labour Party Conference Special
Hamas’ horrifying attack on Israel last Saturday dominated headlines throughout the week, with the leaders of all the UK’s main parties...
- Oct 6
- 13 min
Conservative Party Conference Special
Buckle up, it’s been one hell of a week in politics. From a Tory Party seeking to come from behind and sneak up the inside on a Labour...
- Sep 29
- 11 min
HSWho? | Immigrants, we get the job done | The 1% Club
Lib Dem conference sailed by without much fuss this week, whilst lobbyists, ministers and a number of hardcore activists prepare to head...
- Sep 22
- 13 min
Seven Deadly Bins | Entente Cordiale | Lack of Interest
Two days of Parliament and a nice quiet start to the conference recess. That’s what this week promised… and immediately failed to...
- Sep 15
- 13 min
Aye Spy | Starm the Boats | Nutri-ain't neutrality
The summer recess ended a mere two weeks ago but the past fortnight has seen more than enough politics for SW1A to handle and so...
- Sep 8
- 11 min
Concrete Proposals | Shuffling the Pack | Horiz-ON
Well recess is well and truly over and it’s been a week even Mr Topsy-Turvy would balk at… the kids are back in school just as the summer...
- Sep 1
- 11 min
Shapps goes Commando | That's Criminal | Chi(un)ese
You Heard it Here First 🔊 August is over and politics is definitely back. If you read last week’s Weekly Roundup then you wouldn’t have...
- Aug 25
- 9 min
Sentencing Laws | Results Week 2 | Low(er) Energy
International events have dominated the news agenda this week with Donald Trump’s sinister looking mugshot and footage of Prigozhin’s...
- Aug 18
- 8 min
Health Kick | CPI Down | Results Week
After Energy Week and ‘Stop the Boats’ Week, well done for surviving Health Week (or entirely missing it if you’re on holiday). Without...
- Aug 11
- 9 min
Tay Tay Away | Off the Boat | GDP Up
The PM might be on holiday but the 24 hour news cycle hasn’t shown any sign of letting up this August. The rollout of controversial...
- Aug 4
- 11 min
Lack of Energy | Cheap Pints | Peaked Interest?
Love Island is over, the Ashes are headed back to Australia and interest rates have just shot up again. Happy recess everyone. Welcome to...
- Jul 28
- 14 min
Planning Ahead | What a Banker | ULEZ OK
Resignations, new planning policies and a major High Court ruling. The era of the calm, quiet, eventless first week of recess is...
- Jul 21
- 14 min
Uxbridge Saves Sunak | Labour Divide | Assent Granted
Three by-elections, two-child cap controversy, and one large chunk of legislation becoming law… the last week of the House of Commons...
- Jul 14
- 14 min
Pay Approved | Parliamentary Ping-Pong | Ukraine Support
A NATO Summit, the long-awaited announcement on public sector pay, and numerous pieces of legislation going through Parliament. It might...
- Jul 7
- 15 min
Dangerous Liaison | Mission: Education | Boris' Diary
As the Navigators crawl to summer recess, this week saw the Prime Minister being grilled by the Liaison Committee, Starmer being heckled...
- Jun 30
- 14 min
Russia Coup? | Stop the Bill | NHS Plan
With just three weeks to go until the summer recess, Westminster and the mystical world of lobbyists and hacks that revolves around it...
- Jun 23
- 15 min
Mortgages Up | Covid Inquiry | Ukraine Conference
Rising mortgage rates and questions around the sustainability of the housing market have created a difficult domestic news agenda for the...
- Jun 16
- 14 min
Boris out | Schrödinger’s MP | Sturgeon arrested
This is the section of your roundup where we sum up in a few witty lines the main action to have taken place since last Friday. This week...
- Jun 9
- 14 min
BoJo Gongs | Special Relationship | AI Summit
A jet-set lifestyle, daily U-turns and decisions made after too much champagne and far too long in the sun… no, were not talking about...
- Jun 2
- 10 min
Covid WhatsApps | Build not Block | Pestminster Returns
It’s June 2023, and despite Labour’s attempts to own the recess news cycle, this week’s political news has once again been dominated by...
- May 26
- 14 min
Migration Up | New BoJo Allegations | Take Out The Trash Day
Record net migration figures, more trouble for Boris Johnson and your standard pre-recess take-out-the-trash day – at least MPs are off...
- May 19
- 13 min
Tory Rallies | Labour Policies | Sunak Abroad
Two fringe conservative conferences, interventions from future Tory leadership hopefuls and a whole raft of potential new Labour...
- May 12
- 13 min
EU Non-fire | Missiles for Kyiv | Archbish anger
The bank holiday weekend rain couldn’t put a damper on the glorious scenes from the coronation on Saturday. However it turns out a...
- May 4
- 11 min
Local Elections | Tuition Fees | Corrie Nash
A brief spout of torrential rain accompanied the WHO’s announcement this afternoon that the COVID-19 pandemic is no longer a global...
- Apr 28
- 13 min
Sudan Evac | BBC Chairman out | Gambling White Paper
20 months to the day after the Government’s last major warzone evacuation, history has been repeating itself all too soon this week, with...
- Apr 22
- 13 min
Raab Out | Mini Reshuffle | SNP 'Fresh Start'
After months of speculation, Dominic Raab has finally resigned as Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister after an inquiry upheld two...
- Apr 13
- 10 min
Biden Visit | Doctors Strike | Labour Attack Ad
It’s been a (relatively speaking) quiet week in Westminster with MPs soaking up the end of recess freedom before all hell breaks loose...
- Apr 5
- 10 min
SNP Arrest | Crime Week | Water Plan
A former US President arrested, a former Scottish First Minister’s house searched, and more scandals relating to MPs in Westminster, it...
- Mar 30
- 13 min
Yousaf Elected | Green Day | CPTPP is a GOGO
With the Easter recess finally well and truly underway, the Government’s so-called ‘take out the trash day’ yesterday saw the small...
- Mar 24
- 12 min
Met Report | Boris Day | Windsor Framework
This week we’ve had a crucial Brexit vote, frontpages dominated by partygate and a damning indictment of culture in the Met Police. We’ve...
- Mar 17
- 20 min
Spring Budget | IR Refresh | TikTok Ban
The Government have been churning out announcements this week at a rate that would make even Craig David’s diary look positively...
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