“We need to do something you might not expect me to say. We need to give Boris Johnson more power.”
She will be feeling a hand of history on her shoulder, and wondering if the other holds a knife at her back.
Let’s remember that they bravely fought extremism for themselves, and to help keep our streets safe too. It’s reasonable to ask if Iraq is becoming a failed state.
A new, diplomatically-phrased but still damning enquiry by the Foreign Affairs Committee throws light on the Government’s failures.
Our plan seems to have been little more than to cobble together just enough kit to make us a Great Power on the cheap. That cannot continue.
Iran’s demonstrators are asking for reform, and all democrats should openly support their goals.
Ability, popularity with colleagues and specialist knowledge seem to have mattered more in these elections than intake or ideology.
Plus: The decline of books. Morgan sees off the cult of Mogg. Why I won’t fly RyanAir. And: As I reach a significant birthday, I mull writing my autobiography…
They already elect their chairmen and there will be fewer trips abroad – at least when the Commons is sitting. That means more scrutiny of what Ministers are up to.
Over two-thirds of Tory MPs have joined the Commons since 2010. Now they are starting to flex their muscles.
The Foreign Affairs Committee’s recent report is a good start, but much more work needs to be done.
Authoritarian regimes are rising, democracies are on the retreat, and our power to change that is less than we might wish.