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Galloway wins Rochdale. Interrupted by a climate protester when giving his victory speech. Police seen on the back of the stage. And a Monster Raving Loony Party ventriloquist's dummy just behind him over his shoulder. British politics, eh?

Labour gains Kingswood. 11,220 majority overturned. 16.4% swing. Labour: 11,176 Conservatives: 8,675 Reform UK: 2,578 Liberal Democrats: 861 Green Party: 1,459 UKIP: 129 Reform vote of 2,578 bigger than the Labour majority of 2,501.

"The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which."

Raabs leaving a sinking ship?

Meanwhile Sunak publishes details of his UK tax affairs. On a busy news day, the timing's more than a little opportunistic...

Tonight's Question Time line-up: Robert Jenrick MP (Immigration Minister) Sarah Jones MP (Shadow Home Office Minister) Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (author and journalist) Ken Clarke (former Home Secretary and Chancellor) Richard Madeley (broadcaster and writer)

The Albion getting a rare mention in today's PMQs. Tory MP for Great Grimsby Lia Nici's question regarding Grimsby which referenced the beating of Sunak's Southampton.

"We will deliver, we will deliver, we will deliver." If being PM doesn't work out, at least she'll have a job at Deliveroo.

No doubt those words would've received cross party support given a straight choice between that and 'I'll be back'. Regardless, he's been effectively terminated.

He's probably considering it as a wedding work event.

As regards the delayed departure of Johnson from No 10... Leave means Leave. Get Exit done.

The fear is that he'll now return to comedy rather than simply staying with the current farce.

Matt Hancock 200/1 Nigel Farage 250/1 Nadine Dorries 269/1 Regardless of one's political stance, the phrase 'adding insult to injury' does rather come to mind here.

The new Liberal Democrat MP for Tiverton and Honiton says his win shows that voters think "enough is enough" of Boris Johnson's leadership. Richard Foord said it was an "extraordinary and historic result which has sent a shockwave through British politics". He said: "Tonight the people of...

Lib Dems win Tiverton and Honiton. Sensational result with a swing of nearly 30%.

The Prime Minister had the honour of delivering the New Testament reading during the National Service of Thanksgiving for ERII. The reading was taken from Paul's letter to the church at Philippi and contained the following verse: "Finally, beloved, whatever is true, whatever is honourable...

"Dorries' work of fiction gained mostly negative reviews. Sarah Ditum in the New Statesman complained that some of the sentences "read like clippings from Wikipedia" while Christopher Howse, writing for The Daily Telegraph, described The Four Streets as "the worst novel I've read in 10 years"...

"No, you can't play left back."

An urban legend, Easy. "The tale of the pediatrician/pedophile mix-up became an emblem of the age. It was instant folklore, a damning indictment of the mob, of outrage culture, and of what happens when the press doesn’t do its due diligence. One small problem: It didn't happen."...