We wish both the best in what look set to be uphill battles.
An audience member is booed for accusing Sunak of stabbing Johnson in the back, whilst Truss wishes the Commons probe into him is dropped.
The Government could end up with a series of Burnhams and Khans, constantly trying to undermine it.
Decision-makers in London are too far removed from many of the communities they seek to help.
In my view, no Labour seat in County Durham is safe. The remaining seats all have majorities under 6,000.
We left the EU precisely to take back control. Having repatriated power, we mustn’t leave it in the hands of Whitehall functionaries.
Without the changes to the boundaries, by the time of the next election this data would be a quarter of a century out of date.
Will it be: Keir On Course, So-So Starmer…or a Knightmare for the Labour Party in Hartlepool – and elsewhere?
MPs seem to think ‘it doesn’t affect me, so I’ll think about it later’ when they hear complaints from Generation Rent.
The Government got “Brexit done” – and now wants to deliver on its pledge to spread “opportunity across the whole United Kingdom”.
The “Red Wall” communities in my area overwhelmingly backed Johnson in the last election, and it’s essential that the faith they put in him is returned.
The first of a ConHome series this week on Boris Johnson’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.
By removing red tape around the use of property, our town centres have a chance to be reborn – to allow what people, rather than planners, wish to see.
The fact that Darlington station was explicitly addressed in his statement is a great sign of how swiftly the Chancellor has mastered the detail of his brief.
Making older housing affordable to heat would both bills and our reliance on Russian gas, as well as creating the forward-looking careers that will drive the growth we sorely need.