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Robert Hutton Jan 19, 2023

If passing a law will eliminate ambulance delays on strike days, why doesn't the government simply pass a law to make everything work properly the rest of the time? My sketch of PMQs:
https://thecritic.co.uk/rishi-does-the-maths/

Rishi does the maths | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

“It’s three minutes past twelve,” Keir Starmer began, full of portent. It was terribly exciting. “If somebody phones 999 now because they have chest pains and fear it might be a heart attack…

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Robert Hutton Jan 19, 2023

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Fabian Sasson Jan 18, 2023

@RobDotHutton There’s always a Lord when he needs one. Bamford for the wedding, Brownlow for the refurbishment, Lebedev for the holidays.

Robert Hutton Jan 18, 2023

The latest revelations about Boris Johnson's finances show it's time to clear out the civil servants who enabled him for so long.

https://thecritic.co.uk/clear-them-all-out/

Clear them all out | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

There’s a concept called “moral luck”, describing how sometimes what we think of as our own virtue is simply good fortune. We never are in the situation where we’re faced with the difficult choices…

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Robert Hutton Dec 20, 2022

Davros Man: my SKETCH of an almost-plausible prime minister, whose programmers haven't quite mastered empathy.
https://thecritic.co.uk/davros-man/

Davros man | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

It was the last day of term in the House of Commons, and although members weren’t allowed to bring in board games, there was in places a light-hearted air. Luke Evans, a Conservative…

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Robert Hutton Nov 21, 2022

EXCLUSIVE CRITIC MAGAZINE DEEP DIVE LONG-READ. We're very excited to have stolen extracts of Nadine Dorries' insider account of the downfall of a prime minister. Read it here first! "Boris: Hunk of Destiny".
https://thecritic.co.uk/my-hunk-of-destiny/

My Hunk of Destiny | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

In what the book world is calling the most exciting publishing event since the Hitler Diaries, Nadine Dorries – bestselling novelist, reality TV contestant, sometime Secretary of State for Culture…

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Robert Hutton Nov 18, 2022

Welfare Statesmen: my SKETCH of Yesterday in Economic Doom. https://thecritic.co.uk/welfare-statesmen/

Welfare statesmen | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine

As we waited on Thursday for Jeremy Hunt to come and deliver the bad news, there was a small moment of the type of excitement that thrills parliament-watchers. Theresa May, in a bright red power suit…

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Robert Hutton Nov 18, 2022

I guess this is where I'll be, then, if The Other Place implodes.