Plus: I’ve been around the political lobbying world for 30 years, but the Greensill scandal has genuinely floored me.
Britain can convene a coalition of countries, including Poland, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands and the Baltic states, possibly with Ukraine in association.
And if Germany’s Greens are in government after the federal election, they will be inclined to help him.
A traffic light coalition? A Jamaica coalition? Who knows? What’s certain is that the CDU/CSU is struggling amidst a fragmenting landscape.
An alien visitor, judging only from the texture of daily life, would assume that Britain in early 2021 was a far more repressive state than Russia or China.
The former Chancellor discusses his conservative vision with Ryan Henson of the Coalition for Global Prosperity.
Wallace has done well to win an exceptional defence settlement, but it may not be enough to fund all the Integrated Review’s ambitions.
The Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is upon us. But will the capabilities follow the challenges, or vice-versa?
The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.
Perhaps the answer is bound up with China – and our inability to focus on more than a single problem at once.
Though micro-measures aimed at those responsible might work: travel bans, asset seizures, arrest warrants.
It allows for criticism and negotiation provided the West stands together to call out abuses.
So the only question that remains, given this new compromise plan, is: what’s the Government’s objection now?
Some are having fun with Alan Duncan’s diary revelation that Tobias wants Svetland to become a UK spaceport. They shouldn’t.