We must tackle causes of poverty, not symptoms: educational failure, worklessness, family breakdown, debt, addiction, disability, exposure to crime, poor housing.
By working closely with Government to target investment, we have rekindled that creative spark that is one again catching the eye of the world.
We need to re-discover our ability to spot the problems our constituents are facing and do something about them.
Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.
The Foreign Secretary has got tough with devocrats pursuing their own foreign policy, whilst his predecessor picks up several endorsements from Scottish and Welsh MPs.
I just can’t see how parliamentary sovereignty is compatible with a potential Prime Minister being nominated by an extra-parliamentary body.
MPs and activists should be asking themselves a big question: what is it that made him popular in the first place?
Governments are more likely to help create conditions for it by seeking economic growth, rather than well-being.
None of what follows is impossible and, if there is a common thread, it is the self-interest of MPs in avoiding an election before leaving the EU.
Plus: Sympathy for the Downing Street SpAds. The case for chemical castration. And: my interviews with the Tory leadership candidates.
Stewart comes under fierce criticism as candidates float Northern Irish proposals; Scottish Tories’ campaign against Johnson peters out; and more.
Incrementalism might be the only way through Brexit. Gove appears to be toying with this very idea.
Amongst the hopefuls, he fares best on account of his competence, his ability to handle Brexit, manage the economy and unite the country.
They are chosen not from a factional or ideological standpoint, but from what I see while doing the job of Mayor.
That means easing onerous planning restrictions and ending George Osborne’s misguided crackdown on buy-to-let landlords.