DAN HODGES: Hours after Sir Keir Starmer entered Downing Street after his election victory, a small group of incoming Cabinet ministers stood in a No 10 anteroom.
Britain's strictest teacher doesn't need to place herself in detention. But she does need to live up to the high standards she has so successfully set.
How did you vote in last month's referendum over whether or not Britain should rejoin the European Union ? Oh, that's right, you didn't get the chance. We didn't actually have one.
This is why it matters that Keir Starmer had a meeting with voice coach Leonie Mellinger on Christmas Eve 2020, as London was locked down under stringent Tier 4 Covid restrictions.
It had become a crowded and competitive field. But last week, Suella Braverman snatched the award for the most cringe-making attempt to ingratiate herself with Donald Trump.
'Disastrous'. 'Suicidal'. 'A growth killer'. These are just some of the words that have been used to describe the Government's economic strategy over the past few days.
Ed Miliband's colleagues fear he could be about to turn the lights out on the Government. Literally. 'The problem is that Ed's just ploughing on with his Net Zero agenda.'
Joe Biden saved his greatest disgrace for last. On Monday, he pre-emptively pardoned his three siblings for any potential crimes they may have committed over the last decade.
On Monday, the trial of Axel Rudakubana, the man accused of murdering three little girls in Southport, opened. But Robert Jenrick had someone else in his sights.