Which also means putting the Five Presidents’ Report front of stage.
The consequences of these sleights-of-hand now include two Ministers threatening to resign, PPS’s quitting, and rebellion from up to 50 Tory MPs.
A large part of the reason for the Chancellor backing off is the interplay between the EU referendum and Tory MPs’ views.
Two weeks or so down, four months or so to go.
Both seem to have raised expectations only to dash them. But one of them may have had a carefully-crafted plan all along.
It is wrong to claim that belief and courage run one way only.
What to do when roughly two in five Conservative MPs publicly disagree with your policy.
A key issue is CCHQ’s plan to merge all Associations into larger federations.
Yes, Boris’s antics will have been infuriating. But Cameron should have saved his spleen.
The deal has left our Party member readers unimpressed.
Boris has taken a gamble. So have the six Ministers who came for Brexit on Saturday. But of all of that group, Patel has the most to lose.
It’s a big moment.
If he declares for Brexit, the Party will take a big step towards returning to the chaos of the 1990s.
There’s a case for remaining in the EU. And a case for leaving. But there is no case for staying based on this shrunken and slippery negotiation.
He said Britain should leave the EU if Britain’s relationship with it did not change. And since Cameron’s negotiation hasn’t changed that relationship, he is being true to his word.