It may be significant that the one person who doesn’t seem to be making their mistake is Keir Starmer.
Needed during the coming weeks: a Government information campaign for older people, their families, employers and businesses.
Plus: When The Sun doesn’t shine and the Home Office doesn’t work. P.S: In solidarity with the former Waitrose food magazine editor, I will eat steak.
Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Dan Hannan, Liam Halligan, Steve Baker, Tom Tugendhat & others will speak. And there’s a special discount for ConHome readers.
“I’m well are of that,” Blair’s former spin doctor replies, in (fairly) good humour.
In reference to Clark’s comments earlier, the leader of the ERG points to previous discreditations of the “scare-story” approach.
As well as punishing the use of chemical weapons, “we are seeking to hold Assad to account at the UN Security Council…despite the fact that he is protected by Russia”.
The Health and Social Care Secretary tells Peston that better, longer-term planning would help to raise care standards.
The Leader of the House of Commons responds to questioning about whether we should be worried about “no deal”.
“What she was saying was we’re going to have an investment-led economy,” the Labour leader tells Peston, in an interesting redefinition of Rayner’s phrase.
Even though she won a big majority of the Conservative members plus the largest number of MPs declaring, there was a feeling from the very outset that she would not be allowed to govern in the way she wanted.