People are not yet at the point where they believe the party in government needs kicking out; they are still willing to give us a hearing.
A solid but unspectacular centre-right Prime Minister, with a good economic record, is trying to fight off a charismatic, high-spending challenge from the left.
Subsidies, tariffs or lowering standards are not the answer. There is a conservative solution.
Reform must be phased, to allow farmers to adapt, but it will pay dividends.
She points to the opportunities to imitate New Zealand agriculture, and to crack down on big businesses which evade tax.
The British economy is already strong, and leaving the customs union will open the door to even broader horizons.
There are practical ways to retain our share of the benefits of the EU’s existing arrangements for trade with other countries.
Hammering out a “Son of CAP” has its challenges, but they are more technical than political – and can be resolved.
There is much more to politics than an affordable state and competitive taxes. But both will be indispensible for survival, let alone prosperity, after we leave the EU.
Our real interests derive from forging understandings and ties with countries which have traditionally considered themselves British in all but name.
If it is too exotic a model, try Australia or New Zealand. They, too, have opened their markets, removing tariffs and trade barriers, liberalising their economies.
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Peel moving his great measure – to which much of the Lords was also opposed.
We should draw up plans for free trade among the nine major powers, and free movement among the Anglosphere.
“Let us renew the relationship that can lead the world towards the promise of freedom and prosperity marked out by those ordinary citizens 240 years ago.”
It has been dispatched by one man – New Zealand First’s party leader, Winston Peters, who has Labour’s inexperienced leader in his pocket.