There was only ever going to be one winner – and Rees Mogg duly powers in with over 70 per cent of the vote.
His satire on the NUS is highly enjoyable, but as he himself recognises, the Conservatives are a long way from finding messages to reach younger voters.
The referendum must be honoured, and we must leave the EU. That shouldn’t mean giving away a fortune for the privilege.
The lack of a Conservative Commons majority prevented the Chancellor from doing much more than playing it safe – which he did effectively.
Reshuffles, reorganisations, investigations – the Director General of the Propriety and Ethics Team in the Cabinet Office is always in on the action.
He has served the Conservative Party for the best part of 40 years, and his new book shows that his contribution is not yet exhausted.
Francis Maude was responsible for a huge achievement in slimming down the numbers in Whitehall. His legacy is under threat.
He discusses his new book, Hearts and Minds, in which he traces the change in Conservative ideas from Thatcher to Cameron and beyond.
There is time to correct the lack of preparedness of our customs and computers for 2019. But it is running out.
Although Brexit has not yet taken place, it has already had an admirably invigorating effect on Parliament.
It is not for nothing that the ‘hero’ of Ayn Rand’s despicable book ‘The Fountainhead’ is an architect.
She cannot be a stationary establishment figure when faced with the restless mood of the voting public. She must move forwards – or we risk a 1997-style wipeout.
That’s the head of the Downing Street Policy Unit, the Chair of May’s Policy Board, the most important Minister you’ve never heard of…and our former columnist.
Charged with managing Whitehall, trouble-shooting, clocking Sturgeon, and preparing government for Brexit, his workload would make lesser mortals crumble.
Brexit offers green opportunities, but it will also open a governance gap that must be filled.