He has seamlessly made the transition from Cameron to May.
Ultimately the fate of the reforms will rest on whether May can command the trust of her MPs.
It wasn’t in your manifesto. And as a Liberal Democrat, I speak from experience when I say that letting people down on education can be very, very damaging.
The Trade Secretary’s reported remarks suggest a mercantile attitude at odds with the optimistic, free-trading case for a global Britain.
The traditions and idiosyncrasies of our legislature are a precious inheritance, and the Prime Minister must preserve them.
The project is both a gift to the anti-nuclear brigade and testament to the industry’s failure to embrace cutting-edge technology.
Opponents of grammar schools, some supporters of them, a slice of the independent sector, secularists…all have reason not to be best pleased with her plans.
But her decision and other recent ones also raise the question of whether Ministers really hold sway in their own departments.
There is little evidence in May’s key speeches to date that her interest and imagination are gripped by the consequences of breakup and poor parenting.
Her relative quiet compares favourably to Cameron’s incessant commentary, but it’s not without cost.
It aims to develop the state’s strategic role without lapsing into picking winners. Can this be done?
The Eurosceptics are in the ascendant, and they feel pretty good about it.
“As we leave the EU, Britain will seek to become the global leader in free trade.”
The more they think about it, the more they don’t seem to want a Soft One – at least, on the evidence we have so far.
We have to accept that they represent a trade-off between a small minority than benefit and large majority that are penalised.