SUELLA’S BOOK OF COMMON CHANTS

hoMe Secretary Suella braverman is set to become the first buddhist to have their name published in the Church of england’s book of Common Prayer.

When the crown changes hands, the new monarch commands the home Secretary to sign a royal warrant relating to annual commemorations of the accession. This

LABOUR was quick to capitalise on the admission by Liz Truss that a post-Brexit trade deal with the U.S. is still a long way off, with former shadow minister Marsha de Cordova (pictured) concluding: ‘The Prime Minister has already failed at her job,’ and Rotherham MP Sarah Champion arguing: ‘This failure lies squarely with Truss.’

Yet, last year, de Cordova said a trade deal with Washington would be a ‘disaster for working people’. Champion — citing concerns over cheap U. S. food imports — simply said: ‘No thanks.’ is printed in new editions of the prayer book. Previous warrants, stretching back centuries, have all been signed by Christian ministers.

Labour may preach diversity but it’s the Tories, with their third woman PM, and the Chancellor, Foreign Secretary and the home Secretary — all from ethnic minority backgrounds — who deliver it.

IN hIS new book how To Be A Politician, former libdem leader Sir Vince Cable sums up the two best ways: ‘Make some eye-catching intervention that gets everyone talking about you, but the other more common route is obsequiousness.’ Wonder which approach Cable adopted?

There was moist grief in the Commons from the Scot Nat MP for Paisley and renfrewshire North, Gavin Newlands, as he announced the death of his ‘diligent’ Labour predecessor Jim Sheridan. Newlands was not always so kind, however — he once tried to get Sheridan sacked from a lowly local council seat.