He “gave people hope” and “discovered how to bypass a predominantly hostile press and speak directly to the people”. Remind you of anyone?
If the Housing Secretary is to survive, he will have to learn the art of sometimes saying no to property developers such as Richard Desmond.
It seems to me there is truth on both sides of this argument. The nuances to which Lammy refers get lost once combat is joined.
“The new Sue Gray” – responsible for policing propriety and ethics – may yet be asked to rule whether Johnson’s adviser has behaved improperly.
The Prime Minister is being urged to employ more women, but here is one who already makes it difficult for him to get away with sloppy thinking.
His colleagues express their confidence in their temporary chairman, and in his ability to revive Cabinet government.
The latter will make much of the Government’s Constitution, Democracy & Rights Commission – promised in the Conservative Manifesto.
As the Chief Secretary is promoted to Chancellor in the wake of Javid’s resignation, we republish our profile of him from last month.
The Chief Whip is a farmer who recognises that “a lame ewe needs to be put down”.
He is tipped by some as a future Prime Minister, but is more plausibly seen as a future Chancellor.
His critics claim his appointment as International Development Secretary “could lead to the death of thousands of the world’s poorest people”.
One wonders whether he feels a kind of disappointed love for the Tories – or for them as he thinks they ought to be.
She is one of the few Cabinet members who does not give the impression of having had her personality flattened by the sacrifices demanded by a ministerial career.
He is being touted as an interim Prime Minister – so we republish our profile of him from last December.