“As frictionless trade as possible” is not a good enough rallying cry to restore the Prime Minister’s authority.
What changed? When did we lose the global vocation that infused the Cabinet, Leavers and Remainers alike, two years ago?
This week was meant to be all about Tory rebellions and blue-on-blue conflict. Instead, the Opposition’s civil war has intensified.
Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.
The Republican base which is so staunchly loyal to its president shows no sign of wavering over an issue that candidate Trump was persistently vocal about.
ConservativeHome’s Executive Editor reports on his day out at the unpopular celebration of all things Jeremy Corbyn.
Seventy-five MPs disobeyed Corbyn to back the EEA, joined by three Conservatives. And six more Labour frontbenchers resigned.
The Labour leader appeared to confuse the transition period and the proposed backstop at PMQs.
He argues that Labour MPs are as ‘terrified’ of a Corbyn-led government as he is.
It’s about neither the principle nor the form of Brexit. Its purpose is to make leaving orderly. MPs should effect it this week.
Plus: The Government gets airports wrong and Burnham gets rail wrong. And: a miserable PMQs for Tory MPs.
There are honourable arguments for and against shipping the Parthenon marbles to Greece. His instinctive knee-jerk is not one of them.
Onward proposes helping half a million young people by lending them a deposit in the same way that government underwrites some of their mortgage costs.