Unthinking the thinkable

How the far left uses a feedback loop to shut down people in the short term – and ideas in the long.

Lewis and Davidson both suffer a Boris burka backlash in our Cabinet League Table

Meanwhile, Hammond’s approval rating plumbs new depths – as Fox and Raab gain ground after criticising the Treasury’s Brexit forecasts.

Our Cabinet League Table. The Chequers effect blitzes everyone. They’re all down. And May dives to her lowest rating ever.

This is collective punishment for the new Brexit policy. P.S: when ratings fall in this way, place in the table scarcely matters.

If Brexiteering Ministers don’t hang together, they will all hang separately.

Number 10’s plan was summarised in the statement released after Chequers. The Ministers’ was contained in DexEU’s draft of the White Paper.

The Government’s Chequers Agreement. From Canada Plus Plus Plus to Brexit Minus Minus Minus.

If no deal is better than a bad one, the sum of this policy is certainly a bad deal. Tory leavers now face a bleak choice.

Javid overtakes Gove to top our Cabinet league table

Meanwhile, Williamson and Johnson’s approval ratings are in the doldrums.

Tony Homewood: Wakefield Conservatives are on the front line against Momentum

There have been some shocking cases of personal abuse. Bullying must not be allowed to triumph.

May’s diplomatic coup against Russia sees her bounce back in our Cabinet League Table

Truss moves up into the middle of the table, Williamson drops towards the floor, and Gauke slumps into the red over Warboys.

Mordaunt climbs to second in our Cabinet League Table, while Gove retains the top spot

The International Development Secretary’s response to the Oxfam scandal appears to have impressed Party members.

Profile: Esther McVey, who scares and infuriates Labour by reaching the northerners it has neglected

The Work and Pensions Secretary has a genuine belief in social mobility and is magnificently unabashed under fire.

A bright start in our Cabinet League Table for McVey, Lewis, Hancock & Hinds. Hammond’s rating heads west.

And the Prime Minister, tenth in the table last time round, is back in negative territory and second from bottom.

Clark Vasey: McDonnell’s infamous remark about lynching McVey is as offensive now as when first made

The Shadow Chancellor normalises unacceptable behaviour and is contributing to making UK politics a much more unpleasant place.

We ask nicely. But what is this woe-plagued reshuffle designed to achieve?

Amidst the wreckage this morning, there are a few points of light. But that cackling noise you hear from Kensington is George Osborne laughing his head off.

The shuffle. May’s women gap.

It is hard to appoint more women to Cabinet when there are few senior women to promote. We count only four at Minister of State level.

May doesn’t need a First Secretary of State

The course consistent with this site’s recommendations is to appoint a more junior Cabinet Office Minister.