On both illegal and legal immigration, we have undermined our credibility. Even if flights had taken off to Kigali, Labour only had to point to yesterday’s migration figures to argue we could not be trusted.
The Prime Minister has scheduled his election for the day before the Headingley Test. First Ian Botham, then Ben Stokes. Now Rishi Sunak?
The wait is over.
Is there is a whiff of Sarajevo, 1914 about the crash deaths of Iran’s president and foreign minister? Even if not, the increasingly confrontational agendas of both Tehran and Jerusalem makes conflict more likely.
If the Tories want to survive, recover, and return to office swiftly after the next election, they should engage with the analysis of the ex-Vote Leave supremo, whilst junking his objective of replacing us.
Whatever is taught in the classroom, children still have access to the internet. Moreover, responsibility for the whole contested subject will soon be in Labour’s hands.
Yesterday we saw the premier he might once have had the chance to be. But none of us choose the hand we’re dealt. Still, he would be far superior to Keir Starmer in leading us through choppier waters ahead.
A new report from the Centre for Policy Studies shows how Rishi Sunak can finally deliver David Cameron’s “tens of thousands” pledge. But it is not enough. The Conservatives should be aiming for Net Zero immigration.
Nick Boles has set a trend in Cameron-era figures defecting to, advising, or praising the Labour leadership. To what end?
In her words, the “elected Prime Minister” was “ousted in a coup by the unelected Rishi Sunak” and that, under Sunak, “the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division”.
A newly elected Green councillor shouting “Allahu Akbar” is a worrying sign of what will happen if voting increasingly divides along ethnic or religious lines.
Are the local election results sufficiently terrible that Rishi Sunak has earnt the right to march us slowly towards the guns later this year?
According to one outgoing councillor, “the Gaza issue” is losing Labour seats with Muslim voters.
Perhaps the benefits of Tory rule can only be fully understood once one has had to live under the alternative. At our best, we show that lower taxes, better services, and happier residents can go together.
The departure of Humza Yousaf provides an opportunity to reflect on the United Kingdom’s confusing administrative geography, and how a future unionist government might hope to reform it.