Hannah White, of the Institute for Government, refers in passing to “the UK’s infamous ‘unwritten’ constitution”. What is “infamous” about it?
Although the force might be thought a tad over-zealous, the Prime Minister will not get off the hook for larger infractions than cake giving and a singsong
As long as this former priest and aspirant actor can find some high moral reason for doing so, he loves to make trouble.
All concerned were anxious to declare in the clearest possible terms that they and their colleagues oppose sexism and misogyny.
My friend David Gauke was right to be vigilant about his important principle, but wrong to say it is in peril in the UK.
One controversy may be considered to be a misfortune, two looks like carelessness and three suggests a pattern of behaviour.
The Conservative Party Chairman adds that “frustrations” over parties “need to be balanced out with what has been achieved.”
If Conservative MPs move against him they will do so without the support of a majority of activists – if the survey is right and as matters stand.
He is a Gulliver tied down by Lilluputian ropes. The figures scampering about his mighty frame grow bolder – tweaking a cord here, tighening a knot there.
“I have to acknowledge that if the prime minister occupied any other office of senior responsibility… he would be long gone”.
Our political constitution rightly puts our representatives, not the permanent bureaucracy, in the driving seat.
The Prime Minister replaced Tuesday’s contrition with fighting spirit, and dismissed his opponent as “a Corbynista in a smart Islington suit”.
By the end, an element of willed indignation could be detected in some of the accusations levelled against him.
Nonetheless, MPs need to act now, before his toxicity with voters taints their perceptions of the Party as a whole.