It is not so much like a parent or a nanny as a brother. Not Big Brother, to be sure, but Little Brother – to be treated both with sibling rivalry and understated love.
Her direct pitch for the provincial English vote mirrors her predecessor’s election-winning insight.
At the heart of her speech was not so much a new interventionism as a Church-formed moralism, a sense of public service – and a Good Samaritan Moment.
To those who are trying to frighten British workers, saying “When we leave, employment rights will be eroded”, I say firmly and unequivocally “no they won’t’.
They will be strange, edgy experiences: I can hardly wait.
We have to accept that they represent a trade-off between a small minority than benefit and large majority that are penalised.
The plant’s success holds valuable lessons for the future.
Their opponents often deploy arguments that are simply out of date.
Officials, advisers and Ministers will always need external expertise: what we need are conservative-minded experts.
Plus: Stingy Liberal Democrats. Stupid Owen Smith. And: at the Edinburgh Festival – and why those right-on comedians don’t get life beyond the M25.
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?
She had a profound impact on the ownership, focus and language of the debate about climate change and global warming.
In a nutshell, the cut was a doubling down on easing Brexit – which matters.
The ideal is all the more necessary in a polity in which a plurality of just 30-something percent can win you virtually untrammelled power.