Watching House of Cards Season 5 was a lot scarier this year.

Oh, it's brilliant. You could almost film a cinematic trilogy, starting with Cameron in 2010 and ending at 22:01 on 5th May 2015, then the referendum farce and his defenestration, then ending on the premiership of Mrs May. I'd totally watch that.

Starring Mr Chris as John McDonnel,

Myp as Bing.

Could you BE anymore insulting?

At least he didn't call you malicool.

That Myp is the most Malicool person on the forum is something of a given now.

I don't think you are in the position to make that call, Mr Dave.

Looks like the DUP are playing hardball a bit, as the Queen's Speach has been delayed...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40243782

I quite fancy the Dennis Skinner gig to be fair.

And yet a lot less shocking, as I felt I'd seen so much of it play out with Trump.

So despite everything I've already conceded, it's still a case of "phew", even now, from a Tory perspective.

The Tories will maintain that abortion is not really a significant issue in the deal with the DUP. The deal is all that matters. Women’s rights and LGBT rights are once again sidelined.

But all of us watching know that reproductive rights are not a side issue. We watch Donald Trump and his cronies legislate over the bodies of women and we know that we have to be vigilant over what we assume to be basic rights. No, this is not The Handmaid’s Tale, we are told, in a “calm down, dear” sort of way, and we should merely accept the DUP’s mix of creationism, misogyny and homophobia as a quirk of coalition. No.

Any government beholden to the DUP represents another step backwards for women. Make no mistake. Belatedly, perhaps, many have woken up to the struggles of women in Northern Ireland.

Now that they have, Theresa May should take off that T-shirt . This is not what a feminist looks like. This is what a woman who would sell out other women looks like. It is the face of betrayal.

Somehow the myth of strong and stable Conservative government persists. For example: time and again, surveys suggest that voters trust the Tories more on the economy, despite the chaos unleashed by the pound-crashing, inflation-inducing referendum. Maybe it’s the patrician bearing of men like Cameron. Or the determined authoritarianism of May. This is unpleasant medicine, but you’re going to take it – it’ll do you good in the end. We know best. We’re the natural party of government, after all.

If the last seven years have taught us anything, it’s that this is pure fantasy – worse, a brazen lie. Forget the rhetoric, forget the home-counties-accountant demeanour of Philip Hammond. These people cannot be trusted to run the country. The record demonstrates clearly that they are the real party of chaos.

In the end it wasn’t Jeremy Corbyn who transported us back to the 1970s, but May. In February 1974 Edward Heath asked “Who Governs?”, before losing an election and paving the way for a second that October. It’s now 2017, but the question seems relevant again. Who do you believe is capable of governing in the national interest? Today’s Conservatives have shown beyond doubt that it isn’t them.

Oh, it's brilliant. You could almost film a cinematic trilogy, starting with Cameron in 2010 and ending at 22:01 on 5th May 2015, then the referendum farce and his defenestration, then ending on the premiership of Mrs May. I'd totally watch that.