Such votes as there are to the Conservatives’ right at the next election will coalesce around the Perennial Pretender, under whatever standard, or not at all.
From the short-lived National Party to the astonishing success of the Empire Free Trade Crusade, the 20th Century saw plenty of attempted revolts on the right.
The UKIP leader spotted the opportunity to attack the pious Establishment from a reactionary rather than a progressive direction.
He will not have wanted to be put in the position of sparking a chain reaction of events that ended in the defenstration of a Prime Minister.
But beware, Prime Minister: there is no divine right of parties any more than there was a divine right of kings.
Plus: my interview with Richard Tice. Can he keep the Conservative Party honest?
I really worry when so many in our party and in the media think that is all over for the centre-left.
As the Government ushers us towards net zero, it had better be sure of the science. Unless it’s willing to risk a British equivalent of the Gilets Jaunes.
Labour enjoys huge majorities in this heartland of heartlands, but there are a few seats where the Tories are slowly getting competitive.
His best hope of success in British politics is to boost his chances in elections by dividing the Conservatives and plundering their vote.
That was the norm of the past ten years, in the form of Farage’s parties. There’s no reason to assume that a new challenger won’t emerge.
To be sacked simply for saying that biological men cannot become biological women is outrageous.
The Public Administration Committee would take a 3000-word document only. Here is Moynihan’s complete take.
The nub of the matter is that without changes to the law the entrants will keep coming to Britain.
Netanyahu’s new government is relied upon a motley crew of extremists. Britain must avoid a similar fate under proportional representation.