For the first time since 1979, we saw a Tory PM enter office who believes in an economic doctrine and is not afraid to preach it.
On her first full day in Downing Street, the Prime Minister received questions on energy bills, the tax rate, ambulance waiting times, and more.
Some MPs continued to boo him, which was as it should be. Johnson delights the pit by infuriating the prigs.
Johnson quotes the Terminator as he offers some advice for his successor – “whomever they may be”.
The outgoing Prime Minister enjoyed calling his opponent Captain Crasheroonie Snoozefest and remaining impartial on the Tory succession.
Three Conservative backbenchers, and then most damagingly the recently resigned Health Secretary, told the Prime Minister it was time to go.
“Anyone quitting now after defending all that hasn’t got a shred of integrity,” he says, looking forward to a Conservative leadership contest.
The Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition were today unable even to agree what the questions should be.
Johnson was once again placed under no real pressure by an opponent who relapsed into verbose self-righteousness.
The PM showed how good it feels to be alive after dodging the attempt by 148 of his own followers to push him under a bus.
Cooper is on top of her brief, yet somehow failed to press home her advantage as she pointed out to Patel that many criminals are getting off scot free.
All concerned were anxious to declare in the clearest possible terms that they and their colleagues oppose sexism and misogyny.
The Prime Minister replaced Tuesday’s contrition with fighting spirit, and dismissed his opponent as “a Corbynista in a smart Islington suit”.
As Blair realised, but his successor apparently does not, hysterical denunciations of political leaders are liable to prove counter-productive.