Decades of under-investment and an unserious strategic culture have created a military whose primary function seems to be peacekeeping – but does less of that than Zimbabwe.
The Transport Secretary insists that we have “incredibly tough laws” on guns and the “police have seized a significant number of weapons”
The Transport Secretary adds that it’s important to achieve “generational reform” in order to “recover the volume of passengers” lost during the pandemic.
Kuenssberg suggests he is saying there is “no more money unless there’s agreement on [rail] reforms'”
By the end, an element of willed indignation could be detected in some of the accusations levelled against him.
The Prime Minister’s manner was robust. His position is not yet robust, which means the Commons is more powerful.
Almost a fifth of respondents protested by either abstaining or writing in for Johnson.
“That’s pretty fundamental”, says the leader of the Covid Recovery Group.
Fifty-three Conservatives opposed the tiering plan last December, the largest Covid-related rebellion to date.
The Chairman of the Covid Recovery Group is concerned that data which might have supported reopening went unpublished.
Most of the action has been over Covid-related divisions. And most of the dissenters are from older intakes.
I just can’t feel comfortable with these proposals – let alone summon the will to go out and try to convince voters of them.