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Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Lee Anderson, Monty Panesar, Sarah Vine and more

Newspaper reports claim that Nigel Farage is ready to return to frontline politics and stand for Reform in the general election

The Tories’ deputy chairman puts on a shameless display at PMQs

The spectacle of this great host of well-meaning folk aroused in me yet more carping and cavilling

Much of the criticism the NHS receives is given by the ministers who helped create its problems

In doing so, the party must prepare for the inevitable backlash from the far right fringes

It arrived nearly 100 years ago to little fanfare but is close to becoming a national obsession. How did Britain fall so hard for pizza?

For children and vulnerable adults, some level of state-enforced restriction can be benign

As well as local polls, Britain should have been holding a general election this week. What happened?

How does this government’s collapse compare with the death throes of previous administrations?

You only have to look out of the window to realise that the state is going to have to do a lot more – and do it as soon as possible

After years of false starts, the Channel Tunnel opened 30 years ago this week. Yet Brexit shows that it has failed to bring us closer to Europe

Yotam Ottolenghi might be getting close to Jamie Oliver territory and that’s OK by me. He’s earned it

A man who has been the cause of Brexit would, if he had any sense of honour, creep away and stay away

As Keir Starmer tries to redefine what it means to be English, Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears ask what really lies behind our patriotic political myths

Was presenter Sangita Myska suspended for her comments on Israel?

Welcome to the Sevington Inland Border Facility, the Brexiteers’ gift to Britain

Younger generations are paying the price for Rishi Sunak’s stubbornness and pride

Tell your more pretentious friends you loved this nihilistic drama - but don’t bother watching it

Even with planned changes to the sponsorship rules, the risk of exploitation among care workers will remain

In post-Brexit Britain, money is tight and the future is scarily uncertain for the agriculture sector

New Order’s Bernard Sumner has nailed the problem with British politics

Westminster gossip says the prime minister is planning to go to the country on Monday

London Tide meanders along without knowing what it wants to say

Our digest of the worst of Westminster looks at Jonathan Gullis, Carole Malone, Nadine Dorries and more

Not even bringing Angela Rayner off the subs’ bench can liven up a dull session

To Liverpool, for lunch with a wonderful orator

The Mail claims that NHS funding rises prove Brexit’s most notorious slogan was right. They’re wrong again

Worrying stories about UPFs are everywhere. But the truth is more complex than the headlines suggest

As a queer woman, I feel my identity is as important as anyone else’s. Yet where is my place of safety?

The prime minister saw a cigarette ban as his final chance to write a positive legacy. Then more Tory chaos left his relaunch in tatters