Plus: Cable, the Saudis, arms – and hypocrisy. MPs, the EU Withdrawal Bill, Henry VIII clauses – and hypocrisy. And: on a different note, why isn’t Zahawi a Minister?
A vocal Brexiteer, a vocal critic of the Government’s plans, and two newly-elected MPs (Simon Clarke and Vicky Ford) were unsuccessful in the race.
With Rees-Mogg’s backing, how can he fail?
In the absence of anyone that party members find convincing, he is the beneficiary of a protest vote – boosted by an element of media hype.
Each side in the Brexit debate regards its position as the only one a sane person could take, while the other side’s arguments are madly exaggerated and provocative.
Lady Hale offers ministers a double-edged sword when she suggests that they play a role in senior appointments to the bench.
No, we don’t believe that he should be the next Tory leader. But he would make a better Minister than some of those now in place.
What can parents do? Avoid reading Robin Hood as a bedtime story? I asked around, and came up with a few answers.
Davis leads with less than a fifth of the vote. Johnson is on his lowest total ever. And if one counts write-ins, in second place is…Rees-Mogg.
These are early days. But, on these findings, it isn’t worth commissioning expensive polls when one can simply read our survey each month for free.
He wouldn’t have let Cash and Fox, Johnson and Rees-Mogg seize the agenda. He would have fought Farage’s populism as he fought that of Powell.
The Somerset MP strongly supports Theresa May, denies anti-Etonian prejudice in public life, and says a Catholic could perfectly well be PM.
A Momentum-esque movement is exactly what the Right is screaming for, and he is cornering the woefully forgotten right-wing social media platform.
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…
Sometimes a politician becomes a beloved public figure – it’s happening to one Conservative MP right now.
What can parents do? Avoid reading Robin Hood as a bedtime story? I asked around, and came up with a few answers.