Plus: incompetence, resignations, non-resignations, reputations, my holiday, Any Questions and Finkelstein’s book.
Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.
Four members from the 2019 intake make the top 50, beating longer-serving and higher-ranked colleagues.
My own return to the backbenches has allowed me to focus on this vital area for the Government.
Corbyn refused to pull together.
“Javid has already seen one SpAd fired. The Prime Minister may push to dismiss at least two more…which he would resist. This one may not end well.”
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
If the Daily Telegraph catches a whiff of threatened tax rises, it will offer pretty robust coverage.
Plus: A sofa, two dogs, no cup of tea – and my Brexit evening. And: the pre-eminence of Policy Exchange.
It’s only Day Three – but Brussels is angling for a Britain with “the rights of Canada and the obligations of Norway”. Will there be a Managed No Deal instead?
This is the second of three articles in a mini-series for this week about giving children and families the best start in life.