While the rest of the world is competing to attract the world’s brightest brains, it would seem that May wants us to deport the hardy souls we’re unable to deter.
The Mayor of London hasn’t really been dragged into the ongoing leadership struggle. Instead, he’s been emphasising his One Nation credentials.
“The Cabinet Office really should have given some guidance here… they’ve made a mess of this.”
At the heart of the row over two of the Home Secretary’s SpAds is the view at the very top of the Party that the next election is all that matters.
The story of why the Aldridge-Brownhills selection was pulled.
Miliband was unable to make the “back to the 1930s” accusation stick. Carswell seemed to forget he is no longer a Conservative.
But the biggest rise, this month, was achieved by Sajid Javid. The Culture Secretary is now in fifth place.
Boris is second, Osborne third, and Paterson comes up on the rails to fourth.
Why do Boris, Osborne and Gove all converge to agree: Anyone But Theresa? Are sex and sensibility the explanation?
The Chancellor is the target, only a few days after his Autumn Statement.
There are no slick solutions when it comes to meeting the challenge of ISIS. But here’s what can and should be done.
Plus: Making polite chat with Ted Heath. Musing on Boris Johnson’s future. Alan Clark on crack. And: My mucker Chuka.
An unwise measure, exacerbated by economic growth and doomed by our membership of the EU combine to harm Theresa May’s ambitions.
It used to be Laws versus Gove. Now it’s Hughes versus Grayling, or perhaps even Featherstone versus May.
He has dropped from view because he seems to have achieved the improbable feat, for a Conservative, of promoting change without picking a fight with NHS staff.