She has taken a decisive step along a road that is very clearly signposted. She cannot turn back without political ruin. And there is no sign whatsoever that she wants to.
The instinct of our readers is that the justification of development spending is not that it will have benefits for Britain, but that it is good in itself.
It makes sense for a new Prime Minister to take the short-term pain early on in her first term.
Now? Early next year? Late next year? Or maybe never?
Plus: I now love Liverpool. Getting ready for Birmingham. Come and hear me interview David Davis there. And: My most shameful secret revealed.
The Emmerson row is the straw on the back of this exhausted camel.
In practice, though, it’s a wholly avoidable problem. All that’s needed is the political will to sustain our current partnership.
The daft legal requirement to give away 0.7 per cent of national income overseas lives on, and invites intense public criticism.
There is a trade-off between the long-term interest of the economy and the short-term interest of many Leave voters.
Momentum’s momentum doesn’t need to fizz with punch: they’ve won already.
Also: Scottish Tories win Labour defection and pitch for more; Welsh Labour attacked by Plaid for backing Conservatives on the Single Market; and more.
We were told at the time that David Cameron’s Government had secured a reformed EU…which the same people now tell us Theresa May somehow prevented it from securing.
His failure to act against Assad helped to persuade young Sunni Muslims that he is against them.