She was not an easy person to contradict and no one in her circle made the argument against unfunded tax cuts.
The founder of Conservative Home declares that “a lot of Tory MPs want to get rid of the PM but felt a couple of weeks ago wasn’t the right time.”
A move from Ken Clarke to Aneurin Bevan would not only risk harming the NHS, but miss the real target of reform: social care.
The Union needs a cultural case to walk in step with the material one – Project Love, not Project Fear. Which means looking to the future.
As her Lord Chancellor, I would have resigned if she had brought forward such proposals (which she wouldn’t have done anyway).
Plus: Russia’s opposition leader was poisoned, so now slap Magnitsky sanctions on Putin. And: Phil Collins’ ungracious departure.
A limited suspension is one thing, lasting change would be another. And so often, nothing is so permanent as the temporary.
He’s a distraction and so can’t possibly have his mind on the job. But the Guardian and Mirror got a lot of the story wrong – and should apologise.
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All played a part in forming the new Tory appeal that has made major inroads into the working class, Wales and provinical England.
His big win marks the end of the EU Ascendancy and the beginning of a new era: that of Britain as a sovereign nation.
By creating a kind of firewall between her take on Brexit and her view of everything else, she has kept her head at a time when too many others are losing theirs.
Otherwise the Left will continue to dominate much of civil society and public life.
I was very much the junior partner in the team that launched 18 Doughty Street in 2006. Here’s what we tried to do, and this new enterprise should do.