Changing the Prime Minister, in itself, would solve nothing
A new leader would need a new plan to reverse this evident humiliation of May’s leadership and of British statecraft.
A new leader would need a new plan to reverse this evident humiliation of May’s leadership and of British statecraft.
They should first seek to persuade May not to press for a decision, since there will have been no opportunity for full timely study of the text.
They mustn’t let Downing Street bounce them into agreeing a 500-plus page deal that they won’t have had time to study properly.
Blanket stop and search is not the silver bullet some like to imagine, despite all the hype.
Hers is a test case for Ministers, for Muslim organisations in Britain, for free speech – for what sort of country we want to be.
What will happen this week? When could a summit take place? What would the Cabinet say – and what might the Attorney General do?
It is a vital tool for speeding up applications and ensuring more reliable judgements, and is good for both applications and the state.
We have occasionally seen precipitous falls in Cabinet members’ scores. Vertiginous rises are rarer. Indeed, it is hard to think of a jump quite like it.
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.
Progress in this chart is invariably linked to media coverage – of which the former Brexit Secretary has had lots recently and the former Foreign Secretary less.
An ominous calm reigned and one half expected the Prime Minister to choose a hymn to match.
There are at least four big obstacles to any plan to crown him leader. And there’s no sign that he has endorsed it, anyway.
Plus: Leadsom stonewalls, Cox charms, Brexit stalls. And: my almost-but-not-quite shoulderpads fetish.
That’s you told, Johnson and Truss. Plus: a Universal Credit Brexit Dividend for working families.
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