The sacking of Michael Gove is not going down well in the Conservative party. One former Boris Johnson ally tells me: “Sacking Gove is revenge. But Boris is now detached from reality. He is now like Putin.”
"This woman is so good you really don’t know she’s a parody. Love her to bits," said one amused viewer.
Heavy council losses, partygate and the cost-of-living crisis has led to renewed calls for the PM to go.
"Can we just chuck it on the partisan nonsense and get on with delivering", he said while stomping his hand on the despatch box.
Many wondered how much worse the public response would be if Labour MP Diane Abbott made the gaffe – or former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.