The Leader of the House on Downing Street parties, whips and threats, Covid…and Ukraine.
The Leader of the House on why Lord Frost was wrong to quit – though “it’s important for governments to be held to account”.
“We cannot switch the economy on and off,” the Leader of the House says, as the Commons prepares to vote today.
The Leader of the House hits back at their recent Times letter – and the belief that unelected people are better than elected ones.
“Safeseat-itis” is a problem, he says – suggesting that the Conservatives could use open primaries with constituency-wide postal ballots.
Plus: the Standards Commissioner’s “interesting” refusal to call them. And, on COP26: “people will not vote to ruin their standard of living”.
And: How social media has soured political discourse. Plus: Why people who don’t come to constituency surgeries may be the ones most in need.