There is a big difference between accepting that the UK has a responsibility to see she faces justice and arguing that she “needs saving”.
One can be confident that arguments to the contrary are the sort of defeatist doom-mongering up with which Johnson will not put.
We have a tendency to idolise our European counterparts on Covid strategy. But we should think about our own legacy.
This can give the Tories a tremendous advantage in a democracy because the public, as a whole, does not have fixed views either.
Too often councillors are cheerleaders-in-chief for incongruous cultural blots on our landscapes.
The centre isn’t where he or ConservativeHome or anyone else wants it to be. It’s where it is – “Far From Notting Hill”.
Turn a blind eye, and every one of the other 30 Articles in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights will be breached too.
Plus: Have you got your popcorn ready for Salmond’s appearance before a committee of the Scottish Parliament this lunchtime?
All of this has not gone down well with many backbench Conservative MPs, few of whom would be well-disposed towards a more conciliatory strategy.
We knew that even the prospect of one would widen and deepen debate on Coronavirus policy – which was essential.
Our latest survey finds that nine in ten Party members support such a move – a total that this latest news is unlikely to have reduced.
We urged the Government last week to do so. Others are also on the case – and the Daily Mail this morning publishes its own findings.
His columns from The Times are informed by his experience of what works, and more importantly, what doesn’t work.
The forgotten victims tend to be the taxpayer and small businesses – most of which can barely get hold of their local councillors, let alone ministers.