Our real interests derive from forging understandings and ties with countries which have traditionally considered themselves British in all but name.
Yes, it’s a regional party. But the EU referendum was a UK-wide vote, so of course it bought ads in Edinburgh and London.
We should not only meet our spending minimum, but exceed it in order to maximise our vital strategic and tactical needs.
The harsh truth is that, nearly seven years into Conservative-led Government, we are still living beyond our means.
Plus: Unemployment is down. Productivity is up. Wages are up. Despite Brexit. Despite Brexit. Despite Brexit…
Let the leftover Blairites retro-absorb the LibDems: there’s your centre-Left. Most of the rest of usare quite happy to be governed by the centre-Right Super Party.
My worry is that we will end up simply substituting EU immigration with non-EU. We need to buy time to train our own workforce up.
It’s still winnable, but there are warning signs for the wider Party and its leadership.
If it is too exotic a model, try Australia or New Zealand. They, too, have opened their markets, removing tariffs and trade barriers, liberalising their economies.
To make STPs work, Ministers need to have the courage of their convictions. That starts with the NHS and social care budget, of which STPs should take full control.
Her refusal to gossip with journalists makes her serious.
When a self-replicating clique becomes dominant – be it of councillors, evangelicals, po-faced harridans or freemasons – there is trouble ahead.
We spend so much time arguing about what it ought or ought not to do that we seldom consider its fundamental nature.
The majority of those who leave prison will be convicted of new crimes within a year – that is a shameful failure.
Theresa May and David Davis hold their ground whilst their colleagues nearly all suffer falling scores, and the Chancellor knocks Ruth Davidson out of the top three!