When his family fell on hard times, education made the difference. Were there to be a vacancy in that department, he would be an obvious candidate.
After the gladiatorial theatre of the Trump years, American politics is returning, at least in terms of government, to something more like normal.
This book exemplifies the addiction to indignant moralising which blinds so many political commentators to the true nature of their own country.
The stakes could not be higher for leaders at this year’s summit.
As Johnson put it yesterday: “we can’t think of this just as a project for us and us alone”.
The President wants to lower the political temperature and win Republican support – and that risks disappointing the Democratic left wing.
The phone call that put Britain at the front of queue, shows we still matter as a dependable ally to the US.
Our five year electoral cycle is driving MPs to compete for short-term green subsidies without questioning the medium-term consequences.
The Government’s plan may mean a change from the Court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council – widening the set of judges who sit.
Plus: Where have Allegra Stratton’s live press conferences got to? And why I hate Twitter.
“It’s hopefully not a long-term goodbye and we’ll see each other again,” the departing President declares as he goes.
Biden has recently reaffirmed the Trump administration’s refusal to extradite Anne Sacoolas.