Only yesterday, Andrew Gimson reported for this site that the party’s Deputy Leader was in deep trouble in his West Bromwich constituency.
“Come with us, get Brexit done and take this country forward – or spend the whole of 2020 in a horrorshow of more dither and delay.”
These West Midlands voters in Tom Watson’s seat care deeply about Brexit and see the Prime Minister as their champion.
“Now I want a nice clean game from all of you” – so said Madam Hooch in Harry Potter. The reality is, it’s not going to happen.
The third piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
We reproduce a Twitter thread from the man who helped to advise Ruth Davidson on how to win in Scotland.
By creating a kind of firewall between her take on Brexit and her view of everything else, she has kept her head at a time when too many others are losing theirs.
The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
These findings compare to a 64 per cent total in June, when Theresa May was still Prime Minister, with a leadership election looming.
In some campaigns, the end result is overwhelmingly likely before a stump has been erected. This is not one of those occasions.
Our businesses have the ingenuity, skills and talent to succeed, but they need to know what the future will hold before they can invest, hire and deliver.
The two parties have different Brexit policies, and it would therefore be impossible for them to project a united appeal.
It is perhaps not surprising that a majority of activists believe, however narrowly, that it makes sense to work with another party that wants to leave the EU.
Plus: Groundhog Day for the NHS. Farage is the dog that hasn’t barked. I will miss Morgan. And: Off to Liverpool.
Voters have a clear choice: vote Conservative or vote for further indecision, confusion and delay.