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The Spectator's Notes

When ‘politician’ is the biggest insult of them all

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

26 January 2019

9:00 AM

This column has laughed before at the BBC’s satirical wit in having a slot calledReality Check’ on Brexit. If Reality Check’ were serious, it would ask every MP each time one appeared: ‘How do you intend to carry out parliament’s promise, both before and after the referendum, to implement its result?’

Orders from Davos on the Today programme on Tuesday: Roland Rudd, a PR man, tells MPs to ‘put country before party’.

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