The new Home Secretary wants to uphold traditional British means of maintaining liberty and the rule of law.
Though it’s hard to see how he can find a seat before the next general election – given the hazardous nature of by-elections.
Zahawi must act to prevent “ideological race materials” being rolled out in schools by left-wing councils and others.
Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.
It may have produced Anna Soubry – but it also gave us a mixed cross-section of Tories, including Conor Burns, Esther McVey, Priti Patel and Liz Truss.
It is an extraordinarly inexperienced team. None of the four senior whips were appointed before July 2016, and no junior whip before June 2017.