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Sketch: The great eurosceptic raffle
Tradition, sarcasm and extraordinary silliness mix in committee room ten as the private members' bills are selected.
Verdict: Miliband picked apart the holes in Cameron's EU policy
Sketch: That was the weak Queen's Speech that was
Sketch: Immigration hell for London's most offended ambassadors
Sketch: That was the weak Queen's Speech that was
In one of his more complex jibes against Ed Miliband, David Cameron declared in the Commons chamber this afternoon: "The weak are a long time in politics."
On the doorstep: Ukip's two most awkward conversations
There are two types of very difficult conversations which Ukip campaigners face on the doorstep. In one, they are accused of being racist. In the other, they find the voters are more racist than themselves.
On the doorstep: Conservatives hampered in Hemel
The sun is shining on Conservative canvassers in Hemel Hempstead. They are well-organised and can afford to be cheerful – but frustrations about the coalition are threatening to dent their whopping majority.
PMQs verdict: Cameron just couldn't care less
It was as if David Cameron was using an invisible blue rosette as his shield. No matter how grievous the problem he was confronted with, he deflected his answer and turned it into an appeal for a Tory vote.
Sketch: Immigration hell for London's most offended ambassadors
After months of their compatriots being battered by the British press, you couldn't blame the Romanian and Bulgarian ambassadors for being a bit miffed.
Eyewitness report: Thatcher's sterile funeral
There was no room for grief or even celebration at Margaret Thatcher's funeral - just the sterile solemnity of the Establishment.
Sketch: The deification of Margaret Thatcher
This was a day for the grizzled old veterans, the wrinklies of the Commons, to come out and deliver their verdicts on the politician who dominated their prime period in public life.
Sketch: Gollum Osborne finally chokes on his own words
The chancellor's strange combination of nervousness and indignation finally gets the better of him.
PMQs verdict: Miliband finally trounces Cameron
You can only have so many open goals before you score...
PMQs verdict: A feelgood Commons senses spring in the air
Ed Miliband's humour and David Cameron's good mood made this prime minister's questions an oddly light-hearted one. MPs will have a spring in their step as they drift off for lunch this afternoon.
Sketch: NHS chief David Nicholson brushes aside patient deaths
NHS chief Sir David Nicholson has turned his removal from reality into the shield that protects him - and MPs' veneer of civility is wearing thin.
PMQs verdict: Miliband pops Cameron's EU bubble
Ed Miliband put in a predictable and unconvincing performance, but by the time he had left the Chamber, he had stuck in a pin in David Cameron's EU balloon.
PMQs verdict: Tories unite in cheering EU-slayer Cameron home
David Cameron's Europe speech has had an electric effect on the Conservative party. This might just prove to be the PMQs which pushes the Tories over the line in 2015.
Sketch: Ambassadors huff at Dave's EU referendum heresy
If a grown-up baby were to hold a well-attended, much-reported speech to announce it had no choice but to throw all its toys out of the pram, and was preparing to give its teddy bears a vote on whether to leave the family unit altogether, it would look something like this.
Verdict: Miliband picked apart the holes in Cameron's EU policy
Breaking every rule in British politics, Miliband showed you can make headway while defending the EU.
Midterm review sketch: Empty document fails to hide coalition tensions
Whereas the Rose Garden was charming and novel, we have now grown familiar with the tedious, forced bonhomie which now prevails between these two men.
PMQs verdict: An insufferable parade of bullies and swots
This was David Cameron's first opportunity to bash Ed Balls since the shadow chancellor's autumn statement howler last week. Britain was in for a masterclass in bullying bravado.
Autumn statement sketch: Osborne casts his spell over Britain
The chancellor had to apologise for being so distracting from the grim realities of Britain in 2012. But it didn't work: Tory MPs were hypnotised into adulation.
PMQs verdict: Cameron and Miliband grinning at the heart of the storm
Around them their respective backbenchers yelled and brayed, but the moment seemed to hold. Their eyes locked...
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