That’s you told, Johnson and Truss. Plus: a Universal Credit Brexit Dividend for working families.
The excuse is always that there aren’t enough beds in other places. How come Labour goes to Brighton, then?
You may have thought his speech over the top. (And he may have thought so too.) But politics needs top-flight people who are really good at what they do.
The only excitement was provided by the Attorney-General, who did a warm-up act in which he looked like Rumpole auditioning to be Henry V.
“People need to know that their hard work has paid off. Because of that hard work, and the decisions taken by the Chancellor, our national debt is starting to fall for the first time in a generation.”
“We stand at a pivotal moment in our history. It falls to our party to lead our country through it.”
The legacy of past disorganisation in our Party’s machine even affects those at the top.
Boris Johnson speaks to the ConHome fringe meeting at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
“That includes standing up to the tech giants and demanding that they take their responsibility seriously. And they should be in no doubt: we will legislate.”
“I stand before you as the first Home Secretary in a generation that is actually able to define an immigration system, without being constrained by the EU.”
The PM needs to empathise with those who have concerns about her policy. She should accept that Chequers is probably not anyone’s dream plan.
And: Churchill-mania, Moggmania, and the passion of Rory Stewart. Plus: too many lobbyists.
“Our job is to prove him wrong. Over the next few weeks we must stand together four-square behind the PM to get the best possible outcome for Britain.”
I didn’t have private tutoring, I didn’t go to the local grammar school, I don’t fit the Left’s stereotype. Is that why it’s been kept back?