Labour MPs fired a barrage of awkward questions at two Tory ministers drafted in to replace expenses cheat Maria Miller in Parliament yesterday, writes Luke James in Parliament.
Culture Secretary Sajid Javid and Women’s Minister Nicky Morgan both won loud cheers from backbench Conservatives as they stepped up to the despatch box for the first time.
Rhondda Labour MP Chris Bryant demanded to know why press barons are still being “allowed to mark their own homework” 17 months after the Leveson report was published.
Mary Kom’s fists made history in the boxing world. Malak Mesleh’s never got the chance. One story ends in glory, the other in grief — but both highlight the defiance of women who dare to fight, writes JOHN WIGHT
The Khelif gender row shows no sign of being resolved to the satisfaction of anyone involved anytime soon, says boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
Sixty Red-Green seats in a hung parliament could force Labour to choose between the death of centrism or accommodation with the left — but only if enough of us join the Greens by July 31 and support Zack Polanski’s leadership, writes JAMES MEADWAY
Labour’s pop-loving front bench have snaffled up even more music tickets worth thousands apiece, reports SOLOMON HUGHES



