It insists that there was no plan to move to by-election rules. “We’re not so stupid as to push a scheme that we know would be opposed by a large number of MPs.”
The joint One Nation Caucus and Tory Reform Group conference last weekend, following the recent National Conservative Conference, are pointers to the shape of a possible future.
The number of possibilities teaches us three lessons about politics today. Firstly, never to underestimate the role played by mere chance. Secondly, that this is not an age of great leaders who make their own luck. And, thirdly, that we need to choose more carefully in future.
The A list and its successors haven’t kept a golden generation out of Parliament. Many of those who might have made it up aren’t putting themselves forward for selection in the first place.
I am so proud of the developments we have seen in the last week. It is proof that the Prime Minister is a man who will deliver for the nation.
The author compares politics to a game of snakes and ladders, but demonstrates that it is actually far harder than that.
With half of children not ready to start school in 2021, more must be done to help toddlers’ parents.
There is scant sympathy for Bercow, but his complaints echo some of those during the Paterson row.
Many MPs feel deeply unhappy about how the Paterson case has been handled by the Commissioner.
A recent report launching a new coalition explains why we need new technologies that will deliver these at scale.
The awards are understandably concentrated on the fight against Covid-19, but Oliver Lewis and Earl Howe are also recognised.
“Investing in our youngest children will have a transformational impact,” says the former cabinet minister, as a review she leads publishes its plan.
It was Lord Robert Cecil who brought in the Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act of 1918 which gave women the right to be MPs.
Today marks the first time my colleagues can vote on this historic legislation. How we choose to act now will reflect on us for generations to come.