Labour’s embattled Deputy Leader was relieved to find herself taking part in a pantomime.
The Deputy Prime Minister filled in for Rishi Sunak whilst he is in Germany.
Simon Harris seems determined to improve the mood music, talking up the need for strong Anglo-Irish relations and refocusing Northern Irish policy on maintaining the peace and building prosperity.
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Spoiler alert: the Rwanda policy will not stop the boats. I know this. You know this. One hopes Rishi Sunak knows this. The truth is that even if flights take off, the crossings will continue, and get worse under Labour, whether they cancel the scheme or not.
If the Rwanda scheme succeeds, it will be a personal vindication for Sunak. But it will also show that Parliament works. If not, however unfairly, it will be the Government voters blame for the failure.
Rather than stay in the Freedom Caucus’ cage, Mike Johnson has used it to govern. Instead of simply accepting the lot of a frozen House, he has assembled those majorities by reaching across the aisle to Democrats.
History warns us that nothing good will come from abandoning small nations to Russia’s imperial ambitions.
Building on the momentum created by existing policy, and learning lessons from overseas, can deliver a significant boost to British family policy – without breaking the bank.
And what is Englishness, anyway?
The West Midlands needs a financially-competent executive who will put the interests of its citizens above petty national politicking.
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National insurance and ID cards would be more effective than Brexit at tackling people’s anxieties about how the integrity of the British welfare state can best be protected.
The EU will not disappear: it will always be our closest and largest trading partner, so we will always have to negotiate with it. The easiest way of negotiating with the EU is as a leader from within rather than as a supplicant from outside.