“So there’s no doubt, we are the underdog. But the point is, the Mayor’s record is so terrible it’s allowed us an opportunity.”
As the Chief Secretary is promoted to Chancellor in the wake of Javid’s resignation, we republish our profile of him from last month.
And we shall not see a new Leader of the Opposition at Prime Minister’s Questions until 22nd April.
The NHS issues studiously calm advice, and we wait to see whether the disease can be contained.
The former Speaker’s autobiography is a disappointment. He writes as he talks – and after a time this becomes wearisome.
He should be scrutinised as fiercely as he himself scrutinised Delors as a journalist 30 years ago.
Needed: a phrase book which captures the boldly meaningless tone of political debate.
Her told a meeting in 1994 that “it has recently been said that the option of leaving the Community [is] ‘unthinkable’. I believe this attitude is rather simplistic.”
The PM accused Corbyn of being “negative”.
The Prime Minister resembles a batsman who is enjoying himself.
The Prime Minister is neither a pessimist nor a foxhunter, but there are other ways to be a conservative.
A new book explains why building land is prohibitively expensive.
The Chief Whip is a farmer who recognises that “a lame ewe needs to be put down”.
Seldom have the politics of magnanimity been used so skilfully to baffle dissent.