The Prime Minister was right to say many voters have only ‘lent’ us their votes. We must now earn that trust, by ensuring the benefits of life in a post-Brexit Britain reach all communities.
Can have a bold enough economic policy that people in these newly gained seats can see the difference in five years’ time?
In this new political battle, the greatest tension will not be left v right or even fiscal
doves v economic hawks. It will be a battle between creativity and convention.
Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.
His big win marks the end of the EU Ascendancy and the beginning of a new era: that of Britain as a sovereign nation.
“In this people’s government the work is now being stepped up to make 2020 a year of prosperity and growth.”
He names his favourite carol, pledges an independent inquiry into anti-Muslim hatred within the Tory Party, and says his record explains why he can be trusted.
What vocabulary is left for a choice like the one we face tomorrow? We have no words to convey the magnitude.
Johnson’s lead over Corbyn in the best Prime Minister stakes has narrowed slightly to 15 points.
In 2017, 51 MPs were returned with majorities of less than a thousand. That’s 51 results potentially determined by an extra hour on the doorstep,
We visit Bishop Auckland, Warwick and Leamington, and Wimbledon. And ask: which actors would the interviewees cast in ‘Election 2019: The Movie’?
Our nagging worry is: what about voters who may not want to get Brexit done, but are nonetheless apprehensive about Corbyn and John McDonnell’s tax plans?
The visit has the potential to be an electoral gift to an increasingly desperate Labour Party. For Downing Street, a successful trip by the President will be one that causes as few political headlines as possible.
Anna Firth has had the Rail Minister down to sort the trains and has collared the Prime Minister about getting a new hospital.
To view Britain in such a way is to see a useless picture of the nation. Most people are Just About Managing. And they are our new voters.