Trust the people is a good Conservative maxim. That should include trusting our members.
A visit to his study as he contemplates this week’s Privileges Committee hearing and Northern Ireland Protocol vote.
By trying to remove a popular presenter from his job for speaking out on a political issue, the right is unnecessarily weakening itself in an argument it needs to win.
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.
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?