He has a clear plan to leave the EU, and as a former Brexit Secretary I can say that it is credible and has my support.
Speaking to many donors at the Birmingham hustings on Saturday, I found that the Foreign Secretary’s quiet assurances were more attractive to them.
He says he’s best placed to deliver Brexit, slash corporation tax and beat Corbyn. And adds “I am not going to criticise Boris for going to a posher public school than me.”
Despite polarisation on Brexit, there is more agreement among voters than often appears – and therefore more cause for optimism.
None of what follows is impossible and, if there is a common thread, it is the self-interest of MPs in avoiding an election before leaving the EU.
He’s a respected, experienced former Chief Whip – without the baggage of having sat around the Cabinet table during the past three years.
The solution to the challenges we face doesn’t lie in burying our heads in the sand or in jumping ship to another party.
All that passing May’s deal would do is lose the DUP, split the Party, boost Farage, and usher in an election. And the deal is bad in any event.
As their conference opens this weekend, they are pondering claims that his ratings north of the border are dismal – and how to respond.
My minority report, unlike the majority one of the Women’s and Equality Committee, respects the province’s devolution settlement.
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The EU has already opened the door to starting discussions about such alternative arrangements the minute that the Withdrawal Agreement is approved.
Blaming the system for our predicament is at best a cop-out, and worst an attempt to distract from the fact that MPs are abrogating their responsibility.
It troubles me that Jeremy Hunt called for a second referendum – a message which gives aid and succour to the SNP.