Michael Gove’s successor upholds his reforms, opposes new grammar schools, dismisses Tristram Hunt as “vacuous”…and admires Henry VIII.
Osborne simply has no political room to do anything very much. The big decisions will come after the election – whoever is in office.
As next May draws nearer, no political party is yet facing up to the scale of challenge of deficit reduction.
Gove is up to third – but it’s still a two-horse race between the Home Secretary and Boris Johnson.
This new book sets out a hundred policy ideas to address a range of critical failings and gaps across Government today.
Neither man saw anything to be gained from expressing a more generous patriotism. Nick Clegg looked desperate, but Michael Gove seemed perky.
The text of my speech from yesterday evening’s debate on the future of the centre-right with Matthew Parris.
Gove, May, IDS, Grayling, Maude. Unlike the minnows of Labour and UKIP, these are serious people delivering serious change for serious times.
From my perspective, his most significant changes are the reshaping of the school curriculum and examinations.
Cameron shouldn’t abandon his campaign on the economy and security.
But the Government does look as if it is listening to backbench supporters of a strong Recall Bill.
Naturally, he did so whilst in James Delingpole’s garden.
You, Dessie, are fighting fit with all that swimming in the Serpentine, bike riding and tennis. Soames and I admire you from the lounge bar.
There are suggestions that the Conservatives should seek to impose emergency controls – and dare Nick Clegg to break up the Coalition.
My book about and vision of what we should do if we win next May.