Under Francis Maude, the Conservatives made real progress in driving down costs and improving the operation of Whitehall. Under Labour, that’s going into reverse.
Having won this majority, the Prime Minister seems to have little idea how to run Downing Street and less idea of what to do with his Government.
Labour Together is not just Labour’s first Super PAC, but a new development in British politics.
Within its first 100 days, it has already shown a greater propensity for spin and cronyism than even its New Labour predecessor.
It strikes the right balance between her goal of a “low-tax economy” and Johnsonian “investment in education, infrastructure and technology”
It’s not an optional extra – it’s crucial to delivering an effective Brexit and making the most of the opportunities outside the EU.
There are four possible approaches he could take on Brexit. Not all of them lead to success.
He will inherit a precarious Parliamentary position, and time for agreement is growing very short.
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
Ken Clarke summed it up recently when he argued that there was now no chance of Britain being a stable member of the EU.
A basic problem remains unaltered – that there is no Commons majority for a No Deal Brexit. This point has been well made by Ann Widdecombe.
It may be unpalatable, but there’s no point arguing about retaining customs union membership if we can’t get out of the EU in the first place.
Now more than ever, it’s Brussels and not the Government which is in the driving seat – and we don’t know which way it will turn.
The Opposition have talked about a new generation of new towns. But there’s little chance that these will see homes within “months”, as Angela Rayner once suggested.