Politics

Dr Gammons follows in the illustrious footsteps of former UKIP leader Dick Braine, who briefly helmed the party before resigning, believing that it was “on its last legs”.

Shadow Commons leader Valerie Vaz said: “It is no wonder the leader doesn’t want to return to remote voting, where you actually have to vote for yourself.

“It is frustrating the minister cannot answer this basic question.”

Accusing Sir Keir Starmer of “outright assault on the Left”, Williamson said it was “time to accelerate efforts to create a genuinely anti-imperialist, socialist party”. Does it matter?

Lord Rooker praised the peer for his actions at the last election, saying: “I understand he performed a national service.”

The communications director is not the first person to walk away from Number 10

One well-placed Whitehall official said Number 10 had become a "nest of vipers", adding "it's all falling apart in there, it's far worse than the outside world realises."

The outgoing President is packing the Pentagon with loyalists who, when the time comes, could prevent the Secret Service from removing him.

During an exchange on the Union and the prospect of a second independence referendum, Dr Philippa Whitford asked Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, whether he believes “the best recipe for a happy marriage is to lock up the wife, take away her chequebook and just keep refusing a divorce?”