We have become a party for whom the grotesque is the primary mode of communication. Just to reiterate, I’m not talking about policy or principle here, but a predilection for the odd and off-putting in presentation.
His Bill may be held up in the Lords as he continues to insists that his Government will stop the boats. The only means of squaring the two would be an election with illegal migration centre-stage.
But Starmer, her new admirer, wore the complacent expression of a man who is 20 points ahead in the polls.
The key problem is stagnation. Margaret Thatcher’s reforms promoted mobility and opportunity. Now we are an economy which doesn’t change enough.
In his youth he was mocked for being weird, but in middle age he upholds conventional wisdom.
Claire Coutinho is clearly impressive, but has only been an MP since 2019, and the appointment of someone so inexperienced to so big a role comes with risks.
Looking back at her seven short weeks has reminded me that she was not unlucky, or ill-advised, or a victim of an establishment stitch-up, but the author of her own misfortune.
As his options narrow, Sunak has little choice but to get back to first principles, which would be the right course anyway.
A situation when Labour, representing the vast majority of seats and votes of British Muslims, becomes a party of Palestine and the Conservatives one of Israel would be antithetical to national harmony.
But many London Jews find it is too soon to speak of the horrific events in Israel, and are filled with sombre forebodings.
The audience loved this story of a Prime Minister who finds true love by taking long-term decisions for a brighter future.
The effect of the train strikes on attendance, the trauma of recent years, and the change in the nature of the Tory Conference itself leave the question hanging.