Conservative MPs, peers, donors, hacks and activists caper their way towards an open grave, with Johnson himself leading the procession. The dance possesses them; it has a momentum of its own; they are powerless to stop.
At present, we are languishing in the polls. However, if we keep their reputation for being good on the economy, then the public may decide to give us another chance.
A structural weakness in her campaign is that she is telling party members what they want to hear – rather than preparing them for the hard times that Britain faces.
But without a clear green direction of travel across all these policies, there could be negative political consequences
If the party really wants to honour its past, then it must face up to problems of the present.
We need our own local champions campaigning on local issues. As their campaign strategy says: you win where you work.
The Justice Secretary is one of the Tory MPs whose position could be in peril if the local election patterns persist.
This after Oliver Dowden accused Labour and the Liberal Democrats of collaborating in the local elections.
Also: Sturgeon likened to Trump after she bans print journalists from SNP launch event.
It really worries me when coming elections are discussed only in terms of the future of the party leadership.
While UKIP and Reform UK no longer present a credible threat to the Tories, the Lib Dems and Greens are building momentum.
Last week, middle class voters told us in focus groups that they were incandescent; we expect to hear the same this week from working class voters.
Some say this that they are inherently discriminatory. Too right they are – but ‘discriminatory’ does not mean the same as ‘unfair’.
Ashdown built a formidable campaign machine that slowly and consistently delivered significant gains for the Liberal Democrats – and we have their blueprint for how they did it.