As the Prime Minister said, many people have lent us their vote, and they won’t be so generous next time if we get it wrong.
Ben Houchen, the Tees Valley Mayor, is proving that Conservatives in power can make things happen. Our candidates who were selected early did well.
That doesn’t mean they are all suddenly hardcore Tories. For many we were the least-worst option. But we have an opportunity to win their trust.
The vituperative tone of the debate and incredibly factional environment smacks of settling scores rather than learning lessons.
The DUP and UUP are struggling adapt to the Province’s changing political circumstances, and the Alliance are the main beneficiaries.
In his foreword to our new Policy Exchange paper, John Howard urges the Prime Minister to “seize the moment”.
Johnson will be able to call on the advice and views of the Party’s own Muslim MPs, who now include Saqib Bhatti and Imran Ahmad-Khan.
One has to pinch oneself to remember that as recently as last July May was Prime Minister, Hammond Chancellor of the Exchequer and Gauke Lord Chancellor.
To view Britain in such a way is to see a useless picture of the nation. Most people are Just About Managing. And they are our new voters.
A must-read take on how this once safe Labour seat now has a five figure Conservative majority – and its wider meaning.
“Anyone who challenges the system, of course the system will throw the kitchen sink at you.”
The unseated MP for Don Valley has harsh words for the Labour frontbench over their Remain agenda. (Though Thornberry denies the claim.)
Don’t expect Downing Street to bother too much about what MPs or the media think as it prepares to shake up government and Whitehall.
For now, enjoy your Christmas break. You have earned it and should be proud of what we have achieved.
It is only human to grasp at the most comforting explanations that come to hand. But the truth may be harder for Corbynites to swallow.