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‘We followed procedure,’ was David Cameron’s only defence of his employment of Stephen Green, the former chair and chief executive of HSBC. As an answer from a politician, let alone a prime minister, it is little better than: ‘I was just following orders.’ That a...

The triumphalism of the Tories may yet sink them. It was a disgusting sight to behold, the party scenting blood and baying for it. Today was a tough day on the Labour benches. The bad polling in Scotland, Ed Balls’ inability on Newsnight yesterday to remember the full...

Well, well well, the Tories are certainly rattled on the NHS. That’s what it looked like at prime minister’s questions today as Cameron shouted at Miliband. Labour of course ran the NHS as its third policy pledge yesterday and it is turning into the top issue with...

It was the Iraq war that dominated prime minister’s questions today. Diane Abbott appeared regal in the House to ask a question on the inquiry and reminded us what a more representative parliament might look like. There were a lot of questions from the army of smarmy...