There should be a high bar to exposing anyone to a flawed recall procedure yoked by happenstance to a legitimate Parliamentary enquiry.
Rishi Sunak must appear reasonable enough to those MPs who are worried about our international obligations, and impatient enough to those who worry he is not sufficiently serious about tackling small boats.
The situation in Northern Ireland and the war in Ukraine are the top issues as the Prime Minister takes questions from MPs.
As I vote on legislation passing through Parliament, I notice a steady stream of laws that we could not have passed were we still in the EU.
With APPGs back in the news, we re-run Henry Hill’s article from January 14th 2022 exploring how they work – and could expose MPs to improper influence.
The Seanad in Dublin comprises people chosen by county councillors, the government, and graduates of certain universities. This week, it celebrated its centenary.
Labour cannot dismantle the British nation as a political community and expect it to long endure as a taxpaying one.
Ordinary voters have the luxury of damning our representatives without facing up to the contradictions and trade-offs of democratic government.
Even with a political career played at such a high speed, the many-hatted former Cabinet minister has still found himself over-taken by his juniors.
If getting worthwhile legislation passed means making deals with Labour, the Prime Minister should do so.
The next generation of Conservative MPs may be no less gifted. But there’s one thing they can’t provide: institutional memory.
It’s a recipe for governments stitched up behind closed doors and never put to the voters on any ballot paper.
Only prime ministers who have served a full term – be that four years or one parliament – should be entitled to make such nominations.
The APPG’s survey of ex-servicemen and women will reveal where current support systems are falling short of the first-class standards we expect.