Westminster digested
John Crace's condensed version of events this week in Westminster
From ‘crush the saboteurs’ to the Maybot’s P45 – the year in Westminster digested
In 2017 there were bitter rows about leaving the EU, a chaotic election and the rise of the Corbyn cult. Our parliamentary sketch writer recaps a farcical 12 months in politics
'I’m swivel-eyed with ambition': the year in politics – digested
It’s been a year of political upheaval, with a general election and a leadership battle for Labour. Have you kept up? John Crace, our parliamentary sketch writer, recaps Westminster’s twists and U-turns in 2015
Austerity, Ukip and the Indyref: the year in politics - digested
John Crace: Our parliamentary sketch writer looks back on the major political events of 2014, through the eyes of David Cameron, George Osborne and the rest of the Westminster elite
The budget shows that politics is all about appearances
Westminster digested: Osborne, Miliband and Cameron are all worrying about their image for very different reasons
Have Balls and Miliband just blown the next election for Labour?
How politicians might have viewed the week's events in Westminster
Chin chin! Here's to another five years as prime minister
Westminster digested: The Lib Dems are red-faced over Rennard, and Labour are struggling with an improving economy – this PM business is a bit of a doddle for Dave
A blossoming bromance for Ed Balls and Nick Clegg?
John Crace: No one seems to like them and their careers have hit the skids, so why don't they start hanging out together? That's sure to win the electorate over
Trouble on the home front for David Cameron & Co
Westminster digested: Flooding cancels the Boxing Day hunt and Michael Gove fights a losing battle for British imperialism
David Cameron and Michael Owen applaud the troops in Afghanistan
John Crace: It's a game of two halves apparently, but whose team is Cameron on? And can you remind us what the mission was?
Nelson Mandela's funeral is the best gig of David Cameron's life
John Crace: He gets to sit next to Barack Obama, be in a selfie with him – and to top it all, Ed Miliband has to sit at the back where no one famous talks to him
Blair tells Murdoch: God told me to visit Wendi
But Rupey's having none of it, while this week in politics David Cameron is revisited by Raisa the ex-police horse and George Osborne worries about why no one noticed the problems with Paul Flowers
At least London's fat mayor isn't as bad as Toronto's fat mayor
From the Co-op Bank to Rob Ford: what the politicians in Westminster might have been talking about this week
Everyone needs to tighten their belts – except for Tory MPs, that is
Slip-ups with expenses and the odd £17m windfall are fine. It's having an ex-PM who doesn't know which way to pass the port that's really bringing the Conservative party into disrepute
Cameron thinks the less said about that bash in the country, the better
Westminster digested: Now isn't a good time to be seen out schmoozing with the Murdochs, the PM warns Osborne
Foreigners down, energy prices up: another great week for the coalition
The poster campaign persuaded at least one more immigrant to leave, and the City made a killing in the Royal Mail selloff: we imagine how Cameron and co celebrate a vintage week in power
'We need more people to buy second homes and hire staff'
Westminster digested: George Osborne reveals the Help to Buy Votes scheme was only a gesture but comes up with an idea to solve the housing crisis and rural unemployment at once
Is the government's Help to Buy Votes scheme working?
John Crace imagines politicians' conversations in the wake of this week's reshuffles
George Osborne thinks Iain Duncan Smith is a bit thick
Westminster digested: David Cameron wants Tory party unity for the conference but everyone's squabbling
Ed Miliband hopes to energise the Labour conference
Westminster digested: There's always a Damian McBride to rock the boat
Poor Dave and Nick. One can't attract women, the other can't please his party
David Cameron might be losing his appeal, but at least he's not Nick Clegg having to convince the Lib Dems they've got loads to feel confident about
About 170 results for Westminster digested 
