But beware, Prime Minister: there is no divine right of parties any more than there was a divine right of kings.
His compulsion to tell jokes distracts attention from more than half a century of campaigning to save the planet.
His biggest strength now is that to a mass of people who don’t follow politics he is a Given, A Fact – like Thatcher, Blair or the weather.
An excellent book about the Prime Minister has just been published. Unfortunately it is in German.
His big win marks the end of the EU Ascendancy and the beginning of a new era: that of Britain as a sovereign nation.
The veteran LGBT campaigner says the former Prime Minister’s aides “were terrified I might try and kiss him, or superglue myself to the Cabinet table”.
The Universities Minister takes on Lord Adonis, and insists the new regulator will control pay by insisting on transparency and the right benchmarks.
If controlling our growth involves a rupture with the EU over the ‘freedom of movement issue’, then – in my view – that is a price which must be paid.
History and geography has handed our country a unique opportunity to fight back and protect vast tracts of the ocean.
Stanley Johnson has made a characteristically outrageous demand for special treatment for his son.
This session will have gratified those who look for a more sombre tone from our legislators.
Stanley Johnson is an environmentalist and author who is a former Conservative MEP and parliamentary candidate. He is also a founding supporter of Save England's Forests. It is hard to imagine how the Coalition government could have dug itself so deep into the mire over the proposed forest sell-off. I can’t help feeling a little […]
As with Brexit, much of the Tory family finds itself pitted against the permanent State on how Britain aligns itself in the world.