Davis tops our final Cabinet League Table of 2016
Theresa May is in second place and Ruth Davidson third, whilst the overall rise in positive ratings we noted last month is sustained.
Highlights
Michael Gove: In this coming year, let’s all come together – to campaign for a clean, constructive and complete Brexit.
Change Britain activists who backed both Leave and Remain will be on the streets, maintaining the momentum for reform that this year’s vote has unlocked.
Our survey returns Ruth Davidson as Remain campaigner of the year
She walks it with over half the vote.
The Joy of Brex
2016 has been a great year for Britain. 2017 may be slower going.
Peter Cuthbertson: Labour’s prison policy is a threat to public safety
To halve the prison population, everyone sent to prison with up to fourteen previous offences would have to be given a non-custodial punishment.
Our survey. Gove is Leave campaigner of the year.
Johnson was second, Stuart third, Farage fourth. Our winner rose to the challenge of the TV debates, which probably explains the result.
Garvan Walshe: Israeli settlers eat Kerry’s lunch
The settlements, but not the military occupation, should be removed from the West Bank – to create the conditions for an agreement with the Palestinians later.
Andrew Green: Single market membership means more mass immigration
MigrationWatch believes that net migration from the EU is unlikely to fall below 155,000 in the medium to long term for as long as free movement continues.
Hannan tops our survey as the Conservative politician who did most to achieve Brexit
He takes two in five votes. Boris Johnson is second on 21 per cent.
What was the most decisive moment in the EU referendum campaign? Our readers’ answer: Cameron’s renegotiation.
Osborne’s “punishment budget” came in second.
Tim Bonner: The Hunting Act has to go
It may not have closed hunts down, but a law rooted in prejudice and class warfare is a stain on the statute book.
Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: Be charitable to past opinions on the EU
Conservatives who fought for Remain, whatever the reason, deserve to be treated with grace and respect.
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too to all our readers.
Christmas. We want Jesus, but get Herod – or so it seems.
The tyrant’s spiritual descendants have had rather a good year. But the point of these festivities is that their triumph isn’t indefinite.
Mohammed Amin: This Muslim and Christmas
I expect that in the not too distant future there will be more Muslims who believe in Jesus’s virgin birth than Christians; indeed, the crossover point may have been reached.