As the final volume of the authorised biography appears, its author remarks that by the end, there was almost no one who could say: “Come on Margaret, stop it.”
And Tories have known since Thatcher’s time that climate change has to be taken seriously.
The vehement Johnson of last week transformed himself into a master of the soft word that turneth away wrath.
The Prime Minister demonstrated his abounding vitality, and his love of teasing the prigs who oppose him.
The Health Secretary answered questions about the NHS with equal confidence.
The eerie atmosphere at this conference is the calm in a party which wants to come back together.
The Defence Secretary confirmed that he has scrapped the zero-tolerance approach to drug-taking in the armed forces, and commanding officers now have discretion.
Ministers proclaim that social reform is patriotic.
Raab trod gingerly in Heseltine’s footsteps, while the Leader of the House presented the Shakespearean drama of politics.
The former Prime Minister also failed to grasp that Merkel was not going to do anything very much for him.
There was a drilled, demeaning feel to the burst of clapping with which his backbenchers greeted him.
Cox fulminated against Opposition MPs for being frightened of voting for a general election.
Corbyn has been wily enough not to plunge into the Brexit trap set for him by Johnson.
“Dignity, kindness, authority rather than bossiness, and I do believe that those things could be brought to the Chair by a woman.”
Johnson stands accused of trying to drive through Brexit in accordance with the referendum result.