“Nearly half a million Britons died in World War Two fighting against the anti-semitism, anti-semitism and brutal racism of the nazis.”
While trade deals have taken on an important political and symbolic value, their benefits are typically smaller and slower to materialise than many realise.
Ministers are wary of giving rebels the chance to introduce troublesome amendments. Some workarounds and bypasses contain their own problems.
We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.
The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.
“We have to find a way to get [the Withdrawal Agreement] through Parliament.”
Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here’s a rough draft of what the top team might look like.
Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.
So no more dropouts after Sam Gyimah’s departure earlier this afternoon. The first ballot will be held on Thursday.
There’s little evidence from the history of either main party to suggest that it has counted much to date electorally – if at all.
Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.
He, Raab and Gove are in the same order as last month – first, second and third. No other candidate reaches double figures.
There are no fewer than 11 candidates declared as we write, and at least eight others who might join the fray.
It could just be that the next Minister to depart will be none other than the Prime Minister herself.
I found an incredibly likeable person – but although he knuckled down and scored some successes, he was better placed as Chief Whip than Defence Secretary.
While trade deals have taken on an important political and symbolic value, their benefits are typically smaller and slower to materialise than many realise.