The decision on lifting the remainder of lockdown will be based on many factors. But that’s the question at the heart of it.
Should he be handcuffed under public restraint, like a suspect watched by Priti Patel? Or freed to run wild through Alpine meadows, like Julie Andrews?
He gave a brave speech to the Adam Smith Institute on some of the most contentious issues of our time.
A string of polls have found both the SNP falling short of an overall majority and the Union outpolling independence.
It’s a terrible milestone and Ministers throughout the UK will be blamed. How could our governments and administrations do better next time?
He urges Ministers to “be mindful of the balance between the authority of Government and the responsibility of citizens.”
We fear the worst after Cummings’ departure, but Johnson must now make the best of it. That means a Cabinet shuffle.
Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.
“It’s been an honour to take part in the selection process, and to make arguments on critical to the future of the trading system.”
The Brady amendment is part of the developing story of a clash between leaders and backbenchers over Party management, culture and MPs’ status.
Plus: incompetence, resignations, non-resignations, reputations, my holiday, Any Questions and Finkelstein’s book.
Some are having fun with Alan Duncan’s diary revelation that Tobias wants Svetland to become a UK spaceport. They shouldn’t.