The party has its own history of politicians with close links to business.
I got one message from a Brexiteer artist telling me “it would be career suicide for me to be public about my opinions”.
Strangely, one of the few things that now unites voters across the Left and Right is a feeling he won’t win an election.
The sad truth is that many local Labour councils and local bureaucracies don’t want it: they’re scared of it.
Furthermore, critics of the programme are alarmed by the rising costs. But will they ever acknowledge that ‘lockdown sceptics’ warned about these?
Perhaps the simplest way of putting it is: it’s all about economic credibility, stupid. Because come 2024, it certainly will be.
The public elected a Conservative Government, but they didn’t get one.
His fixation on trying to outmanoeuvre his opponents makes it less clear what he stands for.
In one of an occasional series we are running in advance of the Budget, some radical suggestions for kickstarting the British economy.
This is not to say that all of Dodds’ analysis is coherent or correct, but the days of unhinged Corbynite attacks on capitalism are over.
We feel the power of American culture in Britain – and the shock-jockery, coat-trailing, and oppositional mindset that comes with it.
Much the best way to embarrass its members at Westminster would be to hail them as friends and fellow members of the Establishment.
Max Caller, the inspector who brought change to Tower Hamlets, has been sent in to the city. The Government could take control.
The saga shows how vulnerable Britain’s planning system can be to high profile, articulate pressure groups.