Chris Pincher, the new appointee, must stay in the post for the rest of this Parliament. It’s the only way that a strategy can be implemented properly.
They support raising the threshold by two to one – a useful reminder that the Prime Minister cannot ignore his Party’s base.
He didn’t dissent from Javid’s call for one. But we can’t find any evidence that he gave a specific commitment.
It would also be dishonest to claim that the thought of voting Liberal Democrat did not flicker momentarily as we’ve veered towards knuckle-head, pound-shop Orbanism.
In this campaign, free for the first time to talk policy and politics after nine years of collective responsibility, it was Hunt whose personality shone through.
He committed during the leadership election contest to raise it to £5000 per pupil – and level up outside London.
MPs, you may successfully argue that you are a ‘trustee’ and not a ‘delegate. But we will defend your Association’s right to take a different view.
“The doubters, the doomsters, the gloomsters – they are going to get it wrong again. The people who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts.”
It’s 21 Ministers and counting this year alone, and over 50 in all over the course of this Government.
We need to redefine our purpose, move forward with our global partners, unite the UK – and defeat Corbynism.
The result was as expected, and the winner kept his comments tight and spare. But there’s a job at the Brit Awards awaiting Cheryl Gillan.
It found Johnson on 67 per cent, Hunt on 29 per cent and “Other” on four per cent. Our next two surveys were closer to a YouGov poll.
The new Conservative Party leader’s brief speech to activists at today’s count after the result.
He wins by 92,153 votes to 46,656, on an 87 per cent turnout – 159,320 votes cast in all.
The manifesto committed to encouraging local takeovers of civic organisations or community assets under threat – such as local football clubs, pubs or post offices.”