Watson quits. Will Labour’s moderates follow his example – or endorse an extremist as Prime Minister?
Only yesterday, Andrew Gimson reported for this site that the party’s Deputy Leader was in deep trouble in his West Bromwich constituency.
David Willetts: The Conservatives can win back young voters by delivering property-owning democracy
The fourth piece in our series this week about what the Tory Manifesto should look like.
Garvan Walshe: Nobody except the Catalan separatists will gain from Spain’s second election of the year
The PSOE hoped to reunite the Left. Instead, rising tensions have fuelled extreme parties.
Poor Hammond – hounded out of politics altogether by Johnson Derangement Syndrome
The Editor of this site has sometimes been afflicted by the same condition, which has clearly driven the former Chancellor nuts.
Vox pub in West Bromwich: “I will definitely vote for Boris, liar, cheat and fool!”
These West Midlands voters in Tom Watson’s seat care deeply about Brexit and see the Prime Minister as their champion.
James Cleverly: As this election launches, it’s time for us to pull together – and deliver for Britain
Voters have a clear choice: vote Conservative or vote for further indecision, confusion and delay.
Robert Halfon: I’ve been told that, if Corbyn wins, the Conservative Party and I will be sued for negligence
“Now I want a nice clean game from all of you” – so said Madam Hooch in Harry Potter. The reality is, it’s not going to happen.
Phoebe Griffith: To end austerity finally, Johnson needs more than a quick splash of populist spending
The third piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
Congratulations to Hoyle – the new Speaker. He pledges to “polish away” the tarnish of the Bercow era.
This Commons has been excoriated over Brexit, but nothing becomes it like its ending. By putting Hoyle and Bryant in the final, it turned its back on the Bercow era.
The Moggcast. “It’s such a pity that Nigel hasn’t worked out that he’s won.”
How will the election pan out? “Ask Sir John Curtice,” Rees-Mogg tells us. Plus: Bercow’s partiality “was damaging to the position of Speaker”.
John O’Connell: In an age of socialist-lite spending policies, what has become of the low-tax Tory?
The second piece in our series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.
Lord Ashcroft: With a year to go, my latest research looks at Trump’s chances of getting a second term
A portion of his 2016 voters are unimpressed and wavering – but the President’s fate is not settled. Particularly as the Democrats are yet to agree a candidate.
James says to Johnson: “I trust in your One Nation outlook”. Why her farewell letter to him is well worth reading.
By creating a kind of firewall between her take on Brexit and her view of everything else, she has kept her head at a time when too many others are losing theirs.
The point of Bryant’s candidacy
The Commons urgently needs a Speaker who can begin to restore the damage inflicted on the Commons and the constitution by the present incumbent.
Neil O’Brien: How to win over Workington Man and Woman
While the north and midlands account for 39 per cent of the population of Britain, 29 out of the 50 most marginal Labour seats (58 per cent) are found there.