The members should be front and centre of what the Party does, and it should be delivering the conservatism they wish to see.
We cannot drift on until 2029 and then promise again to leave the ECHR and cut tax and immigration – the voters will not believe us, our own MPs and ministers won’t believe it either.
So, were the last 14 years a waste? To some extent. While there were some successes in total they did little more than slow down the damage done by Labour.
Outside the European Union we are free to conduct trade policy and set regulation which aligns with our interests, rather than those of the Eurozone core that dominates in Brussels.
Joining the UK would end its status as a dependant territory, and so finally nullify Spanish (and Argentine) arguments based on the UN definition of decolonisation.
Separate packaging will be needed, and factories on the mainland will need to know in advance which goods are earmarked for Ulster.
Parliament authorised Brexit through Article 50, but now risks refusing the Government the chance to guarantee legal continuity.
We are not yet there, but it’s clear the Brexit cup is not, as some gloomily believe, half-empty but in reality very nearly full.
The suggestion here seems to be to keep current and future EU law – and thus the ECJ. We would accept EU laws as they developed without a say.
But don’t expect that to stop the commentariat, or the Opposition, trying to manufacture some kind of row, even if only for show.
There is a big political prize to be had for the Conservative Party to improving the rights of millions of property owners and bringing them up to equality
Big business has become too reliant on the drug of cheap labour from abroad. It should start preparing to kick the habit now.
Having attacked EEA membership as a bad deal during the referendum, they now pretend it is a good idea in the hope of preventing Brexit.
Only one of the leadership contenders voiced concerns when we were in government. That was Robert Jenrick, by resigning.