Those representing working class seats in the Midlands and North will be nervous of any suggestion that they’re betraying the referendum result.
Two in five are for an elected element. And a quarter want the old Lord Hailsham “elective dictatorship” option – abolition.
Voters who backed Leave and what it stood for – surburban provincial discontent with the status quo – are now May’s natural base. She must keep faith with them.
Plus: That customs Cabinet committee meeting – and luck & chance in politics. How Zephaniah has fallen. Javid v Khan. And: my local elections overnight marathon.
When I asked freight experts at a Treasury Select Committee hearing if we still had enough time, they said: “You would have to get a hell of a wiggle on.”
For many voters, local elections boil down to which party will provide the best possible services at the lowest possible cost.
The Israeli Prime Minister senses a chance to finally succeed in his years-long campaign to persuade the United States to bomb Iran’s nuclear programme.
A well-intentioned but badly designed EU law is irritating consumers and making life far harder for charities and businesses. After Brexit we will be able to fix it.
There is little joy in our findings for supporters of any of the main options – which lots of panel members, like so many voters, struggling to follow them.
Ministers like Amber Rudd have great difficulty finding able SpAds because the Conservative Research Department, which used to train them, has been destroyed.
It’s wrong to claim that May and Brexit have brought new problems for the Conservatives in London. These were clear in 2015 under Cameron.
The Prime Minister faces a ‘Kobayashi Maru’ test. For those who don’t know their Star Trek, that’s where there is a no win scenario for trainee captains of a starship.
Following the results of last Thursday’s elections, we should feel rejuvenated by the clarity of the pro-Brexit message that the voters sent to us.