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Neither Trump, Merkel nor the EU institutions are showing the global leadership necessary. Over to a joint ticket of the Prime Minister and Macron.
Sensationalising data is all too common in politics. We have to end this trend if we want to keep people safe.
It’s not just about there being more Tory MPs. There has been a remarkable clearout of the establishment figures.
He didn’t dissent from Javid’s call for one. But we can’t find any evidence that he gave a specific commitment.
An obscure, unused agreement struck by Cameron and the 1922 Committee back in 2006 is set to come into play.
Rees-Mogg suggests Conservatives will prefer restoring the Law Lords to judicial hearings. And says Watson faces “very serious questions”.
Seven voted for Grieve’s motion, six voted against, and the remaining eight did not vote.
Plus: my profound sense of unease at the withdrawal of the whip from 21 Conservative MPs.
Today, its future looks less economically and socially liberal; its flavour less southern and more northern; its replacement MPs more committed to Brexit. Will that work?
Mark Spencer has reportedly rung round to inform them that they have lost the Whip.
We should measure the success of our aid programmes by the good we achieve, not simply by the amount of money we spend.
Plus: should Patel have come? Should Mordaunt have gone? And: my predictions. What I got right and wrong.
Do not mistake the current intolerance of pro-European voices for power: it is a sign of the brittle fragility of a current leadership which is running out of options fast.