We knew that even the prospect of one would widen and deepen debate on Coronavirus policy – which was essential.
The OBR’s horrid forecasts of an output implosion and soaring unemployment will do nothing to quell Tory resistance to tougher Covid tiers.
Today’s proceedings were about as watchable as a game of cricket where the batsman does not actually have to face the bowling in person.
We need more information, transparency and scrutiny. A committee on the model of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards is required.
Johnson’s troops are issuing declarations of intent in public. His success will depend on his ability to learn from mistakes.
Ministers could not have handled the matter worse if they’d tried. But Paul Maynard, pictured, is championing a solution.
The Campaign for Common Sense has four simple, low-effort, suggestions as to how schools can be helped to get back on track.
He thinks it’s worth exposing himself to fire in order to move in for the kill both in Parliament and outside it.
Debate on the Agriculture Bill gives them the chance to call for more effective measures than those which independent assessments find wanting.
Such would be the effect of a well-intentioned but ill thought-out amendment to the Agriculture Bill that will come to the Commons tomorrow.
Nineteen Conservative backbenchers spoke against the policy. It’s doubtful whether a top-down targets system will pass the Commons.
Growing anti-lockdown sentiment among northern Labour mayors and councils offer him new opportunities – and dangers.
These are early shots in the developing Tory backbench campaign against the restrictions, which are set to gain volume and velocity.
Compare and contrast how government works with what the Armed Forces do – and their practice of decentralised command.