Beware the Eye of Johnson
It is straining to be bigger and better, and see further, faster. But the lesson of the story is that it can’t see everywhere at once.
Whacking the BBC. Change is coming – whether the Corporation likes it or not.
This site is opposed to subscription funding and a decriminalised licence fee. But both will be forced on the BBC if it doesn’t reform.
The Prime Minister’s Bridges and Circuses. Why Sunak’s duty is to rein in Johnson’s instincts.
The new Chancellor has work to do if he is to fend off the wrath of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.
Our reshuffle predictions. What we got right and what we didn’t.
“Javid has already seen one SpAd fired. The Prime Minister may push to dismiss at least two more…which he would resist. This one may not end well.”
Reshuffle Live Blog – As the reshuffle winds down, the new Johnson Cabinet in full
Having “got Brexit done”, this is the team the Prime Minister wants beside him to push forward his domestic agenda.
“There are kids who can read and write today because of Nick Gibb”
Politicians get a kicking, sometimes deservedly, but if you want an example of committed public service, look no further, on this reshuffle day, than at this one.
Reshuffle 1) The lesson of this PJ Masks shakeup. For Johnson and Cummings, it is truly Do or Die.
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
A Mansion Tax. “What is really the problem with this?” asked the Conservative Chancellor
Cameron’s memoirs offer a hint of where the occupant of Number 11 may look to raise property taxes instead.
Sinn Fein in government. What’s the fuss about?
Of course the result is a bad one. But we encourage the party to co-govern in Northern Ireland, so can scarcely object if now does so too in the Irish Republic.
Johnson’s reshuffle. If he isn’t Thinking Big it should be Kept Small.
Let Sunak and Dowden join Jenrick at the top table. And that should be about it. If the Coronavirus takes off, Ministerial changes will be the least of our worries.
Rudd and the reshuffle. Not the best woman to make the case for women
If she wants to sound off, fine. But Johnson brought her back, and she then resigned – claiming he didn’t want a Brexit deal. Why should he heed her now?
Climate change. Ministers must explain how they will meet May’s 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
The fracas over who will be appointed to head the Edinburgh summit is a second-order matter – if that.
“The shocking influence of lawyers on policy”
The Government seems to be gearing up for a big fight over human rights laws in the wake of the Streatham terror attack.
The Treasury fights back. How it plans to drive radical reform – and become “the Government’s internal think tank”
Would the Government have the bottle for planning, childcare and police overhauls – and will Downing Street sign up to this plan anyway?
A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?
It’s only Day Three – but Brussels is angling for a Britain with “the rights of Canada and the obligations of Norway”. Will there be a Managed No Deal instead?