The very last thing the tyrant would have done would be to restore sovereignty to Parliament.
The more he leaks, the slower May will be to put anything on the table. And the slower she is to do so, the slower the negotiation will proceed – from which everyone loses.
Two in three are opposed. The finding is part of nearly five thousand replies, our biggest-ever reader response.
Continuing our ConservativeHome series, which will run each Monday during the election campaign, on the key contests in each region.
Many have already described why he is unfit for the job. Indeed, many have tried to remove him. Their support now is a joke, a delusion, a denial of reality.
One place where there is unlikely to be any dithering is the West Midlands. The prospect of someone like Andy Street becoming mayor is hugely exciting.
Two in three of them favour this change. One in three remain opposed. Who said Tory members always oppose liberalising measures?
The message is one of strong and stable leadership. But what does it actually mean?
All the latest news of shortlists and selections from right across the country.
The ‘progressive alliance’ is one of the left’s favourite myths – but the idea that Tory and UKIP votes are interchangeable is folly also.
The selections in the two Tory-held seats to date have both been won by women; and there is at least one woman on the shortlist of every such seat yet to select.
The former fear that it will revive what they believe are business-unfriendly ideas about foreign takeovers and workers on boards.
And what else should be in the manifesto? Plus, rate ministers’ performance.
All the latest candidate selections, shortlists in key marginals and details of tonight’s contests.
This third piece of our mini-series on what should be in the manifesto argues that a strong and stable Government should support strong and stable families.