The governments of the 1930s illustrate how little a huge majority is worth if it isn’t married to a strong and imaginative policy programme.
Macmillan’s efforts succeeded because Churchill backed him fully. The Communities Secretary is not in the same happy position with May.
It can be done, but it requires a great deal of political ambition.
Davis and Starmer said the EU referendum result must be respected, but Clarke upheld MPs’ right to defy it.
Too many people have seen little wage growth in over two decades, and remain in insecure jobs with no prospect of in-work progression.
He has the potential to become a great Foreign Secretary, but will need to establish a reputation for trustworthiness.
As the Commons prepares to debates the effects of Brexit on these rights, here’s the story of how the Party has supplied them from Peel through to Cameron.
This is history in the making, and that’s what it’s all about.
The new Communities Secretary sees the construction of more homes as his priority. It is a daunting political mission.
Plus: August, the best political month. Thatcher, the best post-war Prime Minister. Off to Any Questions. Off to Edinburgh. And: will I poison an MP?
They have gone either way in successive elections, but their recent results show up electoral trends that helping the Tories.
The media never understood him, and was surprised both by his successes and his failures.
It will then be time next weekend to dust ourselves down, and remember what truly unites us all.
Successful Singapore is simply copying what previous Conservative governments have done – namely, to deliver directly hundreds of thousands of new houses.