Kemi Badenoch learned from her mistakes at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, and devoted all six of her questions to trying to get Peter Mandelson fired as British Ambassador to Washington.

Badenoch devoted all six of her questions to trying to get Peter Mandelson fired as British Ambassador

Last week, she tacked on random observations about Angela Rayner to questions about the economy – though today she did still try to claim credit for the former deputy prime minister’s departure. The annoyance in the Tory party at this missed open goal had been palpable, and so Badenoch got straight to it in her first question.

Pointing out that a Nato country – Poland – had just had to defend itself against Russian drones, she told the Chamber: ‘Now, more than ever, we need our ambassador to

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