The former Business Secretary is better placed to inherit the former Prime Minister’s old role as the teller of Tory verities – if he doesn’t want the job himself, of course.
However, the former Culture Secretary insists her “only message to anyone is to support Liz”.
The PM showed how good it feels to be alive after dodging the attempt by 148 of his own followers to push him under a bus.
It is hard to see how he will manage to reconcile freedom of speech on the internet with the requirement to prevent legal but harmful content.
The Online Safety Bill is a welcome start but given the huge range of issues it covers, is it too unwieldy?
We need a systematic approach to sanctions – though not one mandated by the Government.
Despite ministers’ reassurances and some improvements, the Bill’s safeguards for free speech online are insufficient.
Watch in particular for interaction between Ukrainian refugees and small boats as the year lengthens.
Besides, many resent being legally coerced into funding a service whose worldview is completely at odds with their own.
Ministers will be on much surer ground if they justify change on the basis of social habits.
When will the Conservative Party actually stand up and fight for the values of the open society? If it refuses to do so, what is its point exactly?