Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons, has accused the Leader of the Opposition of having no balls. No, she seriously did - comparing Sir Keir Starmer to flip flop beach Ken.
But beach Ken, as it happens, is currently talking to Europol at The Hague trying to work out a plan to stop small boats by treating people smugglers like terrorists.
The Tories say it will make us a dumping ground for migrants. We discuss.
And as former presidential candidate Mitt Romney quits the US Senate, we ask what this tells us about US politics.
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