WATCH: Ici Londres – After the Windrush scandal, it is all the more important for liberal Leavers to speak up, argues Hannan

One of the few positive things to come out of the appalling affair is the way it revealed the British people are far from the anti-immigrant caricature some paint of them.

David Ruffley to stand down at the next election

“I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that a protracted media debate on my private life would not serve the wider interests of the Conservative cause in East Anglia.”

A scandal is a man-versus-horse race – Butler-Sloss was a slip on the scree

Any controversy requires the Government to dash, pell-mell, ahead of it – so mistakes are made.

May announces the over-arching inquiry into sex abuse that was needed

The Home Secretary’s statement to the Commons assuaged those who were demanding more from the Government. Questions remain, however.

If recall is back on the table it must be the real thing

Nick Clegg’s original proposals were a sham – a new Recall Bill must give true power to the people.