We can now see the new Government taking shape, after a dramatic bout of sackings and new appointments at the top.
The question was: is Johnson serious about delivering Brexit by October 31, do or die? Now we have the answer.
His premiership may be a triumph; more likely, a disaster; more likely still, it won’t last long. But we can at least promise our readers that there won’t be a dull moment.
It found Johnson on 67 per cent, Hunt on 29 per cent and “Other” on four per cent. Our next two surveys were closer to a YouGov poll.
He wins by 92,153 votes to 46,656, on an 87 per cent turnout – 159,320 votes cast in all.
It is not, repeat not, always right to “believe the victim” – precisely because, as in this case, the victim is sometimes not a victim at all.
The more centralised her decision-making became, the less control over events she actually had.
Johnson will want no distractions from Brexit this summer, but history suggests that he may get one – in the Straits of Hormuz.
If the campaign management were outsourced, as recently, who would take it on? And if it weren’t, could CCHQ really cope?
His time and room are very constricted, but he can at least demonstrate his domestic priorities – police and schools.
The first in a ConservativeHome series of what the new Prime Minister must do in the month before Parliament returns in September.