The slow, steady fall of confidence in Johnson’s handling of the Coronavirus continues
None the less, the best part of two thirds of respondents think he’s dealing with it well, and Sunak continues to win rave reviews.
Cummings makes the weather as a hard rain falls on Sedwill
Three cheers for three reforms: of the civil service, of Ministers and of one that this Government tends to avoid – of public services.
Our survey. By a wafer-thin margin, a plurality of our Party member panel says that Jenrick should resign
Though it also says that if he won’t walk then Johnson shouldn’t force him to do so.
The ‘Peelian Principles’ do not prohibit much tougher public order policing. They mandate it.
‘Policing by consent’ has never meant that of the vandal and the rioter. Today’s conflict-averse senior officers are out of step with the British tradition.
Johnson, Starmer – and their strategies in firing people
After the Labour leader sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey, others expect Johnson to be tougher on his adviser and Minister.
Don’t rule out a second lockdown
The combination of shutdown fever, furlough, Black Lives Matter, summer and the fledgling test and trace system don’t bode well.
The big speech Johnson makes next week should be about education
Parents need to be persuaded to send their children back to school – and until that happens life chances will be blighted and economic growth lessened.
July 4: The businesses that are resuming, the rationale for reopening them and the rules that they face
While pubs and restaurants are happy with the Government’s latest move, there has been backlash from the sports industry.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Planet Fact redoubles its attacks on Planet Freedom
Week by week, Starmer and Johnson become more determined to treat each other as alien and essentially despicable forms of life.
Friends of Cummings: “A hard rain is coming.”
“Dom is a decentraliser,” we were told. “But he’s resistant to decentralising to people who he thinks aren’t up to the job.”
Four years on since Brexit, the media still doesn’t get the public mood
One of the biggest lessons of the referendum was that newspapers and other outlets had failed to spot widespread sentiment.
Javid delivers the Budget he never got a chance to – via the Centre for Policy Studies. He wants to go for growth.
It’s a good thing for former senior Ministers to keep thinking, going and contributing, and we wouldn’t be surprised to see a comeback to government.
For Johnson and the Conservatives, the power of patriotism is a plus
As with Brexit, the fundamentals of the Tory position are much stronger than they may seem to be.
Polling snapshot. Is the statues and history fracas helping to solidify the Conservative vote?
The blue share in the poll of polls hit 43 per cent on June 2 and hasn’t moved the best part of a month later.
The NHS App. What’s happening with it? And is it really a “fiasco”?
The core of the problem seems to be that both its own system and the Google/Apple alternative pose substantial problems.