Neither Starmer nor Flynn was able to spoil the PM’s day.
Scottish Conservatives have attracted unionist voters who might not stick with them if the threat of independence were seen to recede.
Such votes as there are to the Conservatives’ right at the next election will coalesce around the Perennial Pretender, under whatever standard, or not at all.
From the short-lived National Party to the astonishing success of the Empire Free Trade Crusade, the 20th Century saw plenty of attempted revolts on the right.
When push comes to shove, what will matter will be whether or not the arrivals stop – or at least that the voters believe that the Prime Minister really wants to halt them and is sparing no effort.
Careless talk costs credibility – a point that politicians who like musing aloud about undesirable outcomes should bear in mind.
Warmed-over Thatcherism and self-serving, Lib Dem-flavoured constitutional reform talk is no foundation for a breakthrough.
Faragist liberatarians wouldn’t have the right message to seize the moment – but Dominic Cummings is a different story.
Some Tory members would see such a development as nothing less than an establishment coup: as a conspiracy of bad actors working together to win revenge for Brexit.
The new Home Secretary wants to uphold traditional British means of maintaining liberty and the rule of law.
Though it’s hard to see how he can find a seat before the next general election – given the hazardous nature of by-elections.
Managing costs, appeasing consumers, and diversifying our energy supply are all crucial to ensuring the target can be met with voters’ consent.
They find themselves wondering what place their nation has within the European Union, and in dealing with Putin.
Netanyahu’s new government is relied upon a motley crew of extremists. Britain must avoid a similar fate under proportional representation.