His critics think he is “a busted flush”: how eager he will be to demonstrate that he is, on the contrary, serious.
Together with other recent by-elections, it is broadly in that electoral territory – but it is also consistent with a least one recent survey suggesting a wipeout for the Conservatives.
It took a long time for voters to grasp the need for Britain to live within its means during the 1960s and 1970s. It may do so again.
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.
It is hard to find any precedent for the path that he has chosen. What furies drive him? Why this frantic activity?
Jon Davis and John Rentoul’s new book contains valuable material, but cannot efface Iraq, or the former Prime Minister’s self-righteousness.
May should not shirk from seeking an election over her manifesto pledge to leave it. But we are not there yet – not nearly.
His satire on the NUS is highly enjoyable, but as he himself recognises, the Conservatives are a long way from finding messages to reach younger voters.
None the less, a fall in the Conservative poll lead is not unhelpful to Downing Street and CCHQ at this stage of the campaign.
Plus: Where I was when the poll was announced. What I will be doing during the campaign. And: the temptation to seek to stand as a candidate tugs at my sleeve…
It may feel good to decry Donald Trump, but – unbelievably – it must be pointed out that Britain is not America. It does no good to pretend that we are trying to solve the problem we’d like to have instead of the problems we actually do.