Profile: Robert Jenrick, who rose without trace until he hit two bumps in the road

If the Housing Secretary is to survive, he will have to learn the art of sometimes saying no to property developers such as Richard Desmond.

Cummings 1) At a stroke, the row has weakened the authority of the lockdown

If so much, as Ministers suggest, depends on common sense, nuance, context and common sense, people will draw the inevitable conclusion.

Profile: Munira Mirza, the Muslim from Oldham who leads Johnson’s Policy Unit

The Prime Minister is being urged to employ more women, but here is one who already makes it difficult for him to get away with sloppy thinking.

Rudd is right; we need more women in the Coronavirus “war cabinet”

Gender diversity is not arbitrary identity politics; it matters for decision-making, particularly in the fight against the disease.

Free speech is in crisis at universities. Just ask Rudd.

Students are the next round of lawyers, politicians and other key decision-makers. That’s why we must tackle their censorious ways.

Iain Dale: I’m assertive. You’re a bully. Discuss.

Let’s say that Patel did, on occasion, shout – or lose her temper. Should that really be deemed unacceptable?

The behaviours of the civil service

At the heart of the Rutnam row is its reservations not only about how the post-Brexit journey is being negotiated, but about taking it in the first place.

Rudd and the reshuffle. Not the best woman to make the case for women

If she wants to sound off, fine. But Johnson brought her back, and she then resigned – claiming he didn’t want a Brexit deal. Why should he heed her now?

A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?

It’s only Day Three – but Brussels is angling for a Britain with “the rights of Canada and the obligations of Norway”. Will there be a Managed No Deal instead?

“Boris put out his right hand softly and drew the sword out as gently as from a scabbard”.

His big win marks the end of the EU Ascendancy and the beginning of a new era: that of Britain as a sovereign nation.

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