The Speaker is retiring, so is the Father of the House, but the Prime Minister looks confident of getting several encores.
The Prime Minister reminded the House of his formidable abilities as an electioneer.
A December election in Northern Ireland could therefore turn, in a manner of speaking, into a referendum on the agreement.
In my view, they’d be mad not to make him a defining feature of their campaign. The party should be running a contrast campaign with ‘Corbyn’s Labour’.
By pursuing an election at the expense of the Withdrawal Bill, Johnson is gambling on hammering Labour amidst the December gloom.
This inconclusive squabble about whether to hold a general election cannot go on.
The result of a general election next month would by no means be a foregone conclusion.
“It refers this issue back to the people so we can end the gridlock in Westminster,” explains Chuka Umunna.
Jon Ashworth dismisses a counter-offer on an election by the Lib Dems and SNP.
I fear that we would lose too many good colleagues to a Remain coalition in the south, and would not pick up enough Leave-voting seats in the midlands and the north.
Plus: I have the right to speak my mind about Liverpool. Plus: am I a true Conservative?
The Lib Dems did well in the European elections and are riding high in the opinion polls, but how much of an electoral threat are they to Conservative MPs?
ConservativeHome is very dubious that, assuming a poll is deliverable, the Party can win a healthy majority without already having delivered Brexit.
He increased the pressure on Labour to facilitate a Brexit deal by reminding everyone that he is a formidable electioneer.
And what of our voters who would be repelled by a pact with it? I can see the Lib/Lab slogan already: “Vote Blue, get Farage”.