And: surely Johnson wants to know who authorised the Nowzad instruction. Plus: go on – make it all about Brexit.
The former Deputy Prime Minister warns that “there will be interest rates increases” that will cause “a very nasty situation.”
Instead of the current patchwork system, a new more effective form of local governance is necessary to unlock regional growth.
The pandemic has sparked a new sense of community spirit and civic participation; the question is whether this can extend into the future.
The former Chancellor can become spokesman for a cause, and it isn’t hard to see what it could be: lower spending and taxes.
As a former Chief Secretary to the Treasury, I am uneasy about the bail-out of Flybe. Every time a private business is bailed out by the taxpayer, the pressure grows.
One has to pinch oneself to remember that as recently as last July May was Prime Minister, Hammond Chancellor of the Exchequer and Gauke Lord Chancellor.
It’s not just about there being more Tory MPs. There has been a remarkable clearout of the establishment figures.
The former Deputy Prime Minister says that Johnson’s new adviser is “more or less running the show”
A Prime Minister might, in the autumn, ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament until the day after exit is legally due on 31 October.
They’ve taken the central political technique of this form of populism — promising to spend other people’s money — and privatised it.
The 1922 Committee Executive has already pointed her towards the exit door. It should now take her gently by the arm, and steer her through it as soon as possible.
The logic is clear enough. The EU’s choice would be between no backstop and nothing else either; or no backstop and agreement on everything else.
Fairly or unfairly, the pro-EU cause is already associated with elites. The arrival of the Withdrawal Bill in the Upper House will do nothing to diminish that impression.
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