Adding firepower to the defence of the Lords should be the focus of Sunak’s list, and despite it all, we are blessed with some stellar people who can and should be elevated for this fight.
it’s particularly sad to see Nadhim Zahawi, my old boss, announce that he will be standing down from Parliament. It’s also a synecdoche of a much broader set of problems that the Tories, and Britain more widely, are facing.
But some of the reforms listed above would improve the quality of healthcare, save money and set the service on a more long-term footing.
More doom was to come during this funny, detailed speech, delivered with no notes from a rising star of the party, sometimes described as the de facto deputy leader.