He adds that Olly Robbins is a “patriotic man”, who “wants to get the best for Britain”.
The Shadow Chancellor’s “preference” is a general election.
The gloomy predictions of the Remain campaign proved ludicrously mistaken, but that does not mean there will never again be bad economic news.
Plus: Why Leave.eu supporters are more in step with Conservative policy than Soubry; and: shaking things up on the airwaves.
“The leadership is doing nothing substantive to address this erosion of our core values. It saddens me to say that we are increasingly seen as a racist party.”
The Prime Minister lacks panache, but it takes guts to keep going. Leadership requires the fortitude to cope with being weak.
We must replace the EU’s clunky and inflexible CAP with a system that rewards public goods, not box-ticking.
Failing to take back control would be to ignore the largest democratic vote in British history. The consequences would be dire.
These months of change have electrifying potential for renewal and reform. Such opportunities are precious.
But more money and powers need to be given directly to the North to drive further progress.
The irony is that Hammond is appallingly placed to persuade voters that No Deal really does carry risks.
Let’s accept we will be far better off leaving with a Canadian-style free trade agreement – or, failing that, WTO terms.
Plus: Norcott and Brandreth triumph at Edinburgh. Turnbull and Dutton circle in Australia. And: Corbyn’s shoddy copy of the Trump playbook.
“Our laws will be on the statute book, the staff will be in place, the teams will be in post, and our institutions will be ready for Brexit.”
Anyone claiming the UK can negotiate meaningful free trade deals while locking itself into the EU rulebook is propagating a delusion.