Interview: Tim Shipman on his astonishing account of the battle for Brexit
“I think you can argue that between February and the start of July, every single decision that Michael Gove made changed the course of British history.”
Interview: Philp – Mutual equivalence wouldn’t be a permanent solution for the City. But it would be a start.
The Treasury Select Committee member warns that unless the Government is more open about its Brexit plans, banks will start to move staff abroad.
Interview: Tom Tugendhat on how lawyers are harassing soldiers, and how he is campaigning to stop it happening
He tells the story of his campaign to stop the ECHR being applied to armed conflict.
Interview. Crabb on his “party and national unity candidacy”. And why we need a One Nation Government that gets on with Brexit.
“I think that I’m somebody with a strong grasp of some of the social and economic divisions in our country and with a sense of direction for the future.”
Interview: Christopher Salmon on how a PCC can transform the mentality of a police force
In Dyfed-Powys, they have cut top salaries and commissioned specialists to improve results.
Interview: Nicholas Soames compares Brexiteers to an Alsatian that must be kicked “really hard in the balls”
He regrets the resignation of IDS, condemns Liam Fox, and says the press has grotesquely exaggerated the Government’s difficulties.
Interview: Mark Francois – Cameron’s former Europe spokesman, who now is backing Brexit
The one-time Shadow Minister for Europe on the the Lisbon Treaty, William Hague, immigration – and the time when Cameron rebelled against the party line on the EU.
Interview: Herbert – making with fervour the case for staying inside a reformed EU
The leader of a new pro-Remain campaign group makes a “pragmatic” case for staying in the EU, and says most Conservative MPs agree with him.
Interview: Ed Vaizey – “There’s a lot of merit in not doing too much”
The Arts Minister defends Tracey Emin, but is most proud of leaving the Arts Council alone.
Interview: “The power of such laws is that they change attitudes.” Hague on the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act.
Opposed by Clarke and Heseltine, supported by Lilley and Portillo and backed by John Major as Prime Minister, it was the former Tory leader’s “proudest achievement”.
Interview: David Willetts demands “Beaverbrookism” to bring intergenerational fairness in housing and pensions
Willetts has no objection to getting local councils to build more houses, and “hopes and believes” Osborne will find ways to alleviate the cuts in tax credits.
Interview: Charles Moore describes how Thatcher was driven mad by her own side
Thatcher’s biographer captures the extreme precariousness of her position even as she confounded the Left and scored some of her greatest triumphs.
Interview: Andrew Mitchell – “I have always believed that the absolute bar on having anything to do with Assad is wrong”.
The former Development Secretary says that the answer to the refugee crisis is not to recreate Syria in Europe. It is to recreate Syria – beginning with safe havens.
Interview: Syed Kamall MEP – “I would prefer people to have a choice, personally. I don’t see why we need a shortlist.”
The Conservative MEP leader and would-be London Mayoral candidate on Ambition, Opportunity and Enterprise – and why that shortlist should be extended.
Interview: Cllr Peter Golds calls for “compulsory integration” in order to defeat corruption in Tower Hamlets
The local Tory leader says that the police are turning a blind eye to the flouting of electoral law, public subsidies for mosques, and expressions of support for Hitler.