His enemies yearn to place the PM in an ideological box, and smash him to pieces for having the wrong opinions. He refuses to oblige them.
This comedian who came out as a Conservative also explains why Labour, by espousing vengeful moral certainties, has lost the working class.
Spoiler alert. At the end of the movie, the space ship is saved, though only after an horrifically high number of those on board have died.
In place of deviations from the Number Ten line have come the squashing of Rayner and even a comparison of the PM to Churchill.
They described Johnson as a “dictator”, and want a local champion. The Conservatives have now selected their candidate.
Blackford presented himself “as a member of Scotland’s crofting community”, but did not seem to be trying to raise a laugh.
But he looks to be a stronger candidate than he did four years ago, when he first stood to be West Midlands Mayor.
His remarks about Johnson demonstrate the latter’s remarkable capacity to win round, even impress, critics who have lost all patience with him.
The harrowing personal story of Jihyun Park, followed by her selection as a Tory candidate in Bury, puts current political obsessions in perspective.
Johnson declined to look in the slightest bit abashed, and instead offered, as an inspiring example, the recapture of the Falkland Islands.
He plans to bring in a Fat Controller – as he seeks to balance the public interest with private sector freedom. This is the second piece in our rail mini-series.
The Leader of the Opposition looked rejuvenated, but Johnson declined to oblige him by looking in the slightest bit worried by the Greensill affair.
The Prime Minister described, with relish, Prince Philip’s ability to drive “a coach and horses through the finer points of diplomatic protocol”.
That sorrow, more profound than many people had expected, is a measure of the affection and respect in which he was held.