Strife between Johnson and the media is a good thing
He should be scrutinised as fiercely as he himself scrutinised Delors as a journalist 30 years ago.
Decriminalisation of non-payment of the licence fee is long overdue
It is also politically shrewd – showing free market radicalism and compassion for the poor.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: “This Government as a whole is absolutely passionate about buses.”
Needed: a phrase book which captures the boldly meaningless tone of political debate.
Climate change. Ministers must explain how they will meet May’s 2050 net zero carbon emissions target.
The fracas over who will be appointed to head the Edinburgh summit is a second-order matter – if that.
“The shocking influence of lawyers on policy”
The Government seems to be gearing up for a big fight over human rights laws in the wake of the Streatham terror attack.
The Treasury fights back. How it plans to drive radical reform – and become “the Government’s internal think tank”
Would the Government have the bottle for planning, childcare and police overhauls – and will Downing Street sign up to this plan anyway?
A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?
It’s only Day Three – but Brussels is angling for a Britain with “the rights of Canada and the obligations of Norway”. Will there be a Managed No Deal instead?
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION
It’s back to the future as we become a self-governing country – almost four years on from the EU referendum.
Brexit Day. “Those who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts”.
The UK and Johnson, with their combination of recovered stability and mainstream politics, look not half bad at all compared to the alternatives.
The calm before the reshuffle? Our first Cabinet League Table of 2020
The month-on-month stability in our rankings highlights against just how much an overall majority has calmed British politics.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson discovers the merits of brevity, and says nothing against hypocrisy
The PM accused Corbyn of being “negative”.
The claim that the UK has become a more xenophobic country since the referendum is a damaging myth
Since 2016, the amount of “hate crime” has probably gone down. The number of UK residents from other EU states has certainly gone up.
We’ve avoided making up our minds about how to deal with China. Hence the Huawei quandary.
Political and administrative capital has already been spent on the company. Once such investment has been made, it is only human nature to double down.
HS2. All aboard the Ninky Nonk.
This site would scrap the scheme. But sunk political costs as well as economic ones are likely to keep this Cameron modernisation legacy project chugging on and on.
Welcome to Brexit Week
It will take most of us a very long time to adjust to the dizzying turnaround of last month’s general election.