Rishi Sunak has come under pressure at Prime Minister's Questions over his handling of talks to break a deadlock which has lasted three years since Brexit.
The British PM and his team have been working for months on changes to the 'Northern Ireland protocol', which imposes some EU rules on trade between Great Britain and Northern Ireland as part of Brexit, even though both areas are both part of the UK.
Also Kate Forbes' disastrous bid to become First Minister of Scotland following Nicola Sturgeon's resignation.
And a four-day week trial hailed as a success by campaigners.
Dan Bloom is deputy editor of Politico London Playbook