Iain Dale: Why the BBC has blundered over its EU referendum debate plan
Plus: Gummer gets it wrong, Barwell gets it right, Heywood gets oily, the Republicans get extreme…and why Boris may get Transport.
Plus: Gummer gets it wrong, Barwell gets it right, Heywood gets oily, the Republicans get extreme…and why Boris may get Transport.
The Commons should not reject this Lords amendment to the Welfare Reform Bill.
Boris has taken a gamble. So have the six Ministers who came for Brexit on Saturday. But of all of that group, Patel has the most to lose.
It’s a big moment.
I suspect that he has come to believe that, even with a leadership election round the corner, the Conservatives cannot become the party he wants them to be.
I’m proud of the progress we’re making towards providing proper support to this most valuable institution, but there is more to do yet.
The survey was conducted before the publication of Cameron’s draft EU deal – but Europe will still have had an effect on some of the results.
The Mayor of London will not admit it, but he is likely to vote to remain in the European Union.
A stress on character is at the heart of the reforms which Cameron described yesterday and which Gove is implementing.
The Prime Minister’s remarks about Calais prove that he is breaking his truce with Brexiteeer Ministers once again.
Is Patel about to come out fighting for Brexit? Will Gove resist Cameron’s pleas? And what about Boris?
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The campaign to quit the EU lacks charismatic faces to put up against the Prime Minister, three former premiers and well-known business figures.
And we hope that more now join Duncan Smith, Grayling, Villiers and co.
Were they all to do so, it follows that Cameron would have no need to offer Ministers a free vote – as he should.