Is this how parliament ends – not with a bang but a row about a whisper? | Jonathan Jones

In this image of MPs with John Bercow, the Commons has retreated from the reality of Brexit into form and ritualIt is a superbly theatrical tableau of passion. As MPs harangue the Speaker during this week’s row in the House of Commons over what Jeremy Corbyn did or didn’t say about Theresa May, their gestures and facial expressions are so eloquent and contrived it is hard to believe the picture wasn’t elaborately staged by some great history painter. That is because everyone in