Opinion

By Nicholas Janni.

From the newsletter: The ousted Met chief leaves behind a record of failure unmatched in British public life.

From the newsletter: The cost-of-living crisis makes the roadblocking bandits seem depressingly prescient.

From the newsletter: It is going to be an unfathomably tough year - and Rishi Sunak has done little to ease the pain.

From the newsletter: The government is failing on every front. An urgent resolution is needed.

'The failure of Government to tackle fraud felt so egregious, and the need for remedy so urgent, that I felt my only option left was to smash some crockery to get people to take notice."

From the newsletter: Keir Starmer is both "devoid of ideas" and ahead in the polls. Do "ideas" matter?

From the newsletter: Promised funding to improve bus networks has been slashed. Another core policy pledge revealed for what it is: all sloganeering no substance.

A looming cost of living crisis plays second fiddle to the jest, jeers and theatre of the Commons.