Plus: The landslide that few dared to predict. How I once tried to become Monmouth’s MP. And: Happy Christmas to all my readers
The two most likely candidates are both Welsh-speaking Brexiteers – but hail from different parts of the principality and differ on devolution.
Plus: The steel crisis. Trump’s abortion atrocity. Nick Watt, denied a Guardian promotion by political correctness. And: I leave ConHome to write for Momentum.
Also: Welsh Government tries to poach English doctors; Ulster health minister calls for prescription charges, SNP under pressure over Scottish police; and more.
Raised by a single mother on a council estate, and a devotee of social justice, the Welsh Secretary has been making waves.
By challenging the German system of consensus politics, Cameron made himself a hero for a day.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter Here is a selection of the arguments that Tory MPs made during yesterday's debate on limiting the increase in benefits to 1% for each of the next three years. The Government's overall policies help those on low incomes: "The Opposition have argued that this uprating of 1% will impact […]
The first of our mini-series on the road to Brexit recalls the watershed moment when the idea entered the political mainstream.