Its future is not yet in the bag, but it has made a remarkably assured start. Much now depends on the genius of its editors.
Character assassination displaces comprehension, and so damages those who engage in it.
The two parties have different Brexit policies, and it would therefore be impossible for them to project a united appeal.
The patriotic, Brexit-voting working class, neglected for decades by Labour, must now be championed by the Conservatives.
The Prime Minister demonstrated his abounding vitality, and his love of teasing the prigs who oppose him.
Raab trod gingerly in Heseltine’s footsteps, while the Leader of the House presented the Shakespearean drama of politics.
When he declared that “the first consideration of a minister should be the health of the people”, he was beginning to map out an election-winning mass appeal.
Even Corbyn’s Labour is wary of assaulting his free school and academy legacy directly.
But there is method in his madness.
Walking away will neither avoid a Jeremy Corbyn government or make Boris Johnson govern as a liberal Tory.
Stewart versus Johnson is, like Gladstone versus Disraeli, a clash of opposites, and a wonderful sight for racegoers.
The candidate demonstrates his strong appeal to floating voters, sees some disgracefully filthy toilets, and witnesses the aftermath of a murder.
Each week, our panel of John O’Sullivan, Rachel Wolf, Trevor Phillips, Tim Montgomerie and Marcus Roberts will analyse and assess what’s happening.
We need to give innovators space to succeed (and fail), citizens more power online and off, and keep our country competitive.
We regularly describe ourselves as a broad church – and correctly so. Any alignment with the Brexit Party would see that width of appeal narrowed.