The Shadow Home Secretary lacks the tabloid news sense needed to decide which of the Government’s many failings to highlight.
Tory MPs have refused to go and canvas for their candidate, the girlfriend of the disgraced Peter Bone.
“If you’re not a Conservative you shouldn’t be advertising and promoting the Conservative Party, I mean that seems like common sense to me!”
That the MP for Corby feels able to accept an office vacated over opposition to Chequers illustrates division amongst the Brexiteers.
Only 28 years after the poll tax precipitated Thatcher’s downfall, no one called for a new system of local government finance.
The County’s seven Conservative MPs are clear that the problems are “self inflicted” due to financial mismanagement. They need to encourage new people to become councillors.
There’s one undeniable trend among those promoted: they backed the winning candidate.
What does their selection reveal about the Government’s priorities? And why are some other rising stars missing?
The Prime Minister also baffled the Labour leader, and enjoyed the support of the Boadicea of Bishop Auckland.
There were 26 critical questions from Conservative backbenchers on the Government’s EU referendum leaflet yesterday and 5 supportive ones.
It is certainly not the Brexit that people voted for. As Bill Clinton might have said about the main issue: It’s the Sovereignty, Stupid!