Covid brought changes for the better as well as for the worse, and Ministers should make the most of them.
He is a Gulliver tied down by Lilluputian ropes. The figures scampering about his mighty frame grow bolder – tweaking a cord here, tighening a knot there.
Also: Rees-Mogg once again talks tough on the Protocol – but does the Government really have the will to act?
That only 31 per cent of Foreign Office officials are venturing in to work whilst there is a war in Ukraine should be an object of serious concern.
For Johnson to discuss decisions bilaterally with ministers on WhatsApp without telling anyone and regularly backtrack undermines his own office.
And if he is strong and the West weak, why has his Ukraine invasion gone wrong – and why are our governments showing unity and resolution?
Besides, many resent being legally coerced into funding a service whose worldview is completely at odds with their own.
They have the power to change the law if the old laws get in their way. They can command huge resources of people, money and message.
“It is not possible at present to provide a meaningful report…analysing the extensive factual information I have been able to gather.”
It was meant to be a home but has become the heart of government. With this split personality, no wonder a frat house culture took hold of it.
As England moves from Plan B to Plan A, here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the Government’s now-to-be-phased-out Covid guidance.
Decision-makers in London are too far removed from many of the communities they seek to help.
In the public imagination, his vague nuclear threats suggest intercontinental strikes against western cities. But suppose they mean something else.