At last night’s Onward event, Damian Green claimed David Cameron’s “tens of thousands” pledge had been a political success. What decade has he been living through?
He went down via a vote of 9-12 – with 6 of the latter thought to have come from councillors from wards added by boundary changes.
Perhaps some of the heated commentary about a pro-Boris Johnson backlash from activists led by the Conservative Democratic Organisation will now cool down a bit.
This looks to be the latest installment in a contest ConservativeHome has long covered: the endless tug-of-war between constituency associations and CCHQ over the ins and outs of candidate selection.
Attacks on targets are criticising the problem’s symptom rather than its cause – that the English planning system is not currently designed to solve the country’s housing problems.
Sefcovic’s language in response was more assuaging than we have seen from Brussels in previous UK-EU rows.
Dementia is the leading cause of death in this country, and one in three born today are likely to be diagnosed with it in their lifetime.
People in Britain see the horrendous sufferings of the Ukrainian people and want to help now, not in six months’ time.
These two institutions at the very centre of Government do not appear to be operating the way they should.
And: surely Johnson wants to know who authorised the Nowzad instruction. Plus: go on – make it all about Brexit.
This can give the Tories a tremendous advantage in a democracy because the public, as a whole, does not have fixed views either.
“I think that would be a significant unlocking step and it would be very welcome,” he says.
The last Prime Minister to seize the centre ground and reduce the opposition to this kind of impotent anger was Tony Blair in his early years.
A small sliver of the housing wealth that is largely in the hands of those of us who have benefitted from rising house prices would go a significant way to filling the funding gap.