For the most part, those in SW1 don’t actually set out to deceive the public. The trouble is – they deceive themselves.
Plus: A diplomatic success for Trump. A Love Actually moment, please, from May. And: has anyone seen Diane Abbott?
“I will make clear to President Trump that intelligence that is shared between our law enforcement agencies must remain secure.”
The combination of a terror atrocity, mass deployment of troops, an election campaign and no legislature takes us into unchartered waters.
This highest of five threat levels means that “an attack is expected imminently”. They are set not by the Prime Minister, but by the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre.
Plus, read the full text of the Prime Minister’s statement on the heightened threat level and deployment of troops.
“The spirit of Britain has never been broken, and will never be broken.”
The Prime Minister has suspended her election campaign. COBRA met at 9am this morning.
The Prime Minister has shown determination and boldness – and the alternative is enormous tax increases under Corbyn.
Tory voters on the Devon coast show no sign of being worried by the manifesto muddle, nor is there a Liberal Democrat revival.
Neil: “This must be the first time in modern history that a party has broken a manifesto pledge before the election.”
She wouldn’t have chosen for it to be this way. But the biggest issues – Brexit and Corbyn – are still the same.
The department may not be the force that it was, but protecting its interests is still a powerful imperative within government.
For most of those considering a change of parties, this left one viable option: “I hate to say it, but the Tories.”