“Let Labour bend the knee before this altar of intolerance, we will keep building a country that is in every way stronger and fairer for all,” adds the Business Secretary.
So does Sunak, proudly smiling and clapping as the Chancellor spoke.
After days of financial panic, the markets rushed to lose UK government bonds. Pension funds had become increasingly vulnerable due to their indulgence in liability-driven investments (LDIs) and were on the brink of going under.
Sunak is uninterested in rushing a deal just to have a tangible “Brexit benefit”. There will be no Johnsonian pledges of a deal by Diwali.
The decision involves children, parents, schools and doctors, and has implications for rights, mental health, responsibilities and culture – as well as the management of a restive parliamentary party.
If ministers want to foster a general atmosphere of equal treatment for lawful opinion, institutions such as local authorities and the police must set the example.
If a mainstream candidate is needed, when next the Conservative leadership is contested, in order to stop some more ideological figure such as Kemi Badenoch, it is just possible that Cleverly might fit the bill.
One should not be shy of admitting that any major short-term gains from our accession are primarily political. We already have trade agreements with nine of the current eleven members.
The Business Secretary responds to Sophy Ridge’s question about whether defeats next week should prompt a change of tack from the Government.
Like any tool, civil rights law and be used for good or ill. Parts of the left are committed to wielding it as a sword; conservative should be prepared, as Kemi Badenoch said of the UK’s Equality Act, to use it as a shield.
Deregulation matters, but the impacts can be analysed to death, especially by those who wish to frustrate it.
This is a complicated issue, not least legally, and ministers have to do their best to make sure any new rules are fit for purpose before rolling them out.