Many voters want moral seriousness, most politicians have difficulty finding the language needed to provide it, but the present Prime Minister thinks he may be able to.
Rising above tribal instinct to deliver equality under the law is the foundation of civilisation. It is a habit hard to learn, and easy to forget.
Ministers shouldn’t engage in the underhanded tactics used by the Left, and should instead wield its popular mandate for legislative reform before they lose their chance.
My argument is simply one of affordability (including, by the way, by dropping the triple lock) if our public finances are going to be sustainable.
The vote on Sunak’s deal confirmed a trend of increasing separation that has been apparent since the word ‘Backstop’ first raised its ugly head.
Eurosceptic MPs could agree that they wanted to be out of the European Union. But now Brexit is done, they are divided on what it should look like – and the ERG’s power has dimmed accordingly.
There should be a high bar to exposing anyone to a flawed recall procedure yoked by happenstance to a legitimate Parliamentary enquiry.
The former Prime Minister offered a professional defence of the unwise assurances he gave to the Commons in December 2021.
This vote must be chalked up as a convincing win for Sunak – and a sign that Johnson and Truss have less support among their colleagues than one might have thought.
“The respect I have for this institution of Parliament… that’s why I have come here,” replies former Prime Minister
The ex-Prime Minister makes his case to the privileges committee.
The session begins at 14.00 and has no set time at which to end. The Conservatives who constitute the majority of the committee are Andy Carter, Alberto Costa, Bernard Jenkin and Charles Walker.
A visit to his study as he contemplates this week’s Privileges Committee hearing and Northern Ireland Protocol vote.
My sense is that the average respondent regrets his departure from Downing Street, and feels that the accusations against him over Covid and parties are unfair, but doesn’t want him back in Number Ten – for the moment, anyway.
The electoral punishment of getting policy wrong now could be long-lasting.