We took a wallop from the USS Donald Trump; but as MPs emerged from shelters and the Speaker's secretary dispensed tin mugs of sugared tea, there was a consolation: the EU copped it worse.
The Commons Speaker appointed Albert Poggio as an adviser and gave him a parliamentary pass, allowing him access to Commons libraries, bars and restaurants and politicians in Westminster.
ANDREW PIERCE: There's a famous wartime photo showing the unmistakable figure of Churchill surveying the ruins of the House of Commons chamber after it was bombed in May 1941.