Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: “Sometimes to do the right thing one has to accept a degree of opprobrium”
Many MPs feel deeply unhappy about how the Paterson case has been handled by the Commissioner.
Our Cabinet League Table. The panel gives its take on the Budget, Net Zero and energy…by marking down Sunak, Sharma and Kwarteng.
Meanwhile, Truss celebrates almost a year at the top of the table. Frost is second, Wallace is third.
When did PSHE grow so big and become so woke?
Even adults are now being offered guidance on everything from climate change to whether they should wear a face mask.
What would failure at COP26 mean and how much would it matter?
Not a lot to either the Government’s ratings or its policy. But we are seeing the COP process tested to destruction. Which will have consequences.
What the ConservativeHome panel of party members thinks about Net Zero and climate change
A majority agree that global warming is a reality. But there is scepticism about “net zero” targets and alarmist declarations about an “emergency”.
Paterson. A contestable verdict, an unfair sentence – and skewed punishment. MPs should heed his appeal.
The Commons needs to go back to the drawing board and review flawed investigatory and recall arrangements.
Our survey. Members think the Government as a whole is dealing with Covid-19 well.
Its approval rating is slightly higher than the Prime Minister’s. But, like his, could change radically over the next few months.
Our survey. Johnson’s Covid approval rating remains stable.
The results have barely shifted from when ConservativeHome last asked its panelists the same question last month.
What an absurd displacement activity this sanctimonious babbling about the climate has become
The British are deluged with sanctimonious propaganda about the need to save the planet, and China goes on burning coal.
Does the Government have the stomach to meet Macron head-on over fishing?
His bullying of Jersey is unacceptable, but the embattled president has reason to fight and plenty of leverage.
Our survey. Party members are marginally in favour of Sunak’s tax and spending plans.
But almost twice as many are ‘very dissatisfied’ as ‘very satisfied’ and one fifth undecided, leaving plenty of scope for a backlash.
How likely is a referendum on Net Zero?
Not very, unfortunately. That’s not to say, however, that the Government shouldn’t pay more attention to voters.
Oh Lord, make me a low-tax Conservative! But not yet.
How do you hugely increase public spending and cut taxes without borrowing? Sunak has until the election to find a way.
Andrew Gimson’s Budget sketch: Everything is for the best in the best of all possible public sectors
To appreciate the full wonder of this Budget it is necessary, as the Chancellor said, to be an optimist.
Forget Covid Plan A or Plan B. Let’s Plan British.
We have a tendency to idolise our European counterparts on Covid strategy. But we should think about our own legacy.