His campaign was slow to start, and sometimes misfired. But he found his voice, is part of a Johnson future – and is back on the up.
The Opposition leader had pressed the Prime Minister over the UK’s relationship with Saudi Arabia.
This strategic approach has brought sizeable benefits in the field of security, and could work for welfare, too.
Without strong baseline regulations there is no clarity for industry or robust protection for the public. Fire safety must be a given, not a lottery.
Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.
If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.
We are citizens of one of the safest countries in the world, and a genuine intelligence and security superpower.
A plurality clearly think that her charge against him of leaking National Security Council discussions is unproven – if not unjustified altogether.
I found an incredibly likeable person – but although he knuckled down and scored some successes, he was better placed as Chief Whip than Defence Secretary.
What’s that you say? That what really matters is the Huawei decision itself? Quite so. And on that, we have an uncomfortable feeling that he’s right.
His friends say that the two clashed from the beginning of the Defence Secretary’s appointment – and suggest a vendetta.
“The Prime Minister’s decision has been informed by his conduct surrounding the investigation.”
He is perfectly entitled to crack down on leaks. But it’s worth bearing in mind that this one was scarcely unprecedented.
“If a 16 year old with Aspergers can break into US defence computers, what is to stop a Chinese company putting in trap doors that it can activate whenever it wants?
I’m glad to see we’ve now had the guts to stop a tanker we believe is smuggling Iranian oil in defiance of sanctions on Syria.