When a minister comes under attack from the parliamentary lobby, petty allegations are treated as monstrous crimes.
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
While pubs and restaurants are happy with the Government’s latest move, there has been backlash from the sports industry.
In some campaigns, the end result is overwhelmingly likely before a stump has been erected. This is not one of those occasions.
A lot on Brexit; not much elsewhere. The lack of a majority leaves the Prime Minister exposed – whatever may happen with the DUP.
May’s view had no impact on the polls. It was only later after the Conservative manifesto was published that our poll numbers begun to deteriorate.
We also suffered from CCHQ’s campaigning techniques. Only 50 per cent of our targets we planning to back us. We were knocking up Corbynites.
There is a natural path ahead: announce a resignation by the end of next week, and allow a contest to take place over the summer.
As possibly the only Brexiteer in the Parliamentary Party’s One Nation group, I am also only too aware that this message must be accompanied by a successful EU negotiation.