Lammy's luck is facing an opponent who can't count and has lost track of his gotcha moment

He had one job.

- John Crace

One. Job. Well, technically there might have been two, but we'll come to that later. But one main job. And that's to be able to count to six. That's how many questions the leader of the opposition gets to ask at prime minister's questions. It's been that way since Tony Blair planted himself in Downing Street in 1997. You wouldn't have thought it was so hard to grasp. There again, some people find even the most basic maths challenging.

Alas, poor James! You might not have heard of James Cartlidge. No shame there - join 99.9% of the population. And if you had heard of him, you may not have known that he is the shadow defence secretary. With Keir Starmer away in Brazil at Cop30, Kemi Badenoch used the opportunity to go to Aberdeen to make the case for fossil fuels - it's almost as if she comes programmed to be misguided on everything - so this week's PMQs was left in the less than capable hands of deputies. Or not, in Badenoch's case.