News p.23

Evan Davis ran economic rings around the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in this The-Thick-Of-It-esque interview

The Metro’s double entendre Navy headline raised a few eyebrows and a lot of funny reactions – 15 favourites

The news that the UK state pension age may be pushed to 71 has gone down like a bout of lumbago on a building site

Andrea Leadsom says businesses need to adapt to the Brexit border checks that she previously said wouldn’t happen

15 favourite reactions to one woman’s heartbreaking struggle to pay for ski trips

Victorious drag artist Crystal had the very best final word after Laurence Fox lost his High Court social media libel case

Newsnight forensically called out Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg over Brexit and it was magnificently done

Laurence Fox has officially entered the finding out stage of libelling strangers on the internet – 21 favourite reactions

The Army head’s suggestion of bringing back conscription absolutely tanked – 19 favourite funny reactions

The prospect of conscription coming back sent this old Louie Spence clip viral and it’s a nostalgic treat

The Doomsday Clock is stuck at 90 seconds to midnight and people have thoughts on the matter – 17 favourites

Newspaper letter of the week

There aren’t enough car crashes in the world to describe culture secretary Liz Frazer’s next-level awful interview with Kay Burley

Rishi Sunak spent a moment talking to an actual ordinary person and it’s quite the watch

Thérèse Coffey tried to style out her comedy Rwanda faux pas and was owned into the next parliament