Johnson should be allowed to build a legacy with special projects – provided he agrees to big savings elsewhere. There is plenty of scope.
It is one of the finest examples of ‘have your cake and eat it’ dishes ever served up for public consumption.
We need to stand up for the value of Parliament and of spending time there improving and working on legislation.
She shares with him the ability to throw opponents off balance – and a commitment to levelling up.
The Foreign Secretary knows that she is being played off by them against the Chancellor. They know she knows. And she knows they know she knows.
His biggest strength now is that to a mass of people who don’t follow politics he is a Given, A Fact – like Thatcher, Blair or the weather.
Don’t assume that it will necessarily happen only after the boundary review has come into effect.
The Government should implement a binding innovation principle to unleash the UK economy.
Local pride in towns like Blyth is wounded at every turn by evidence of neglect, shoddiness and former greatness.
Part of the charm of the new Housing Secretary is that one never quite knows what he is going to do next.
This can give the Tories a tremendous advantage in a democracy because the public, as a whole, does not have fixed views either.
The Labour leader found, as did Howard, Cameron and May, that it is very difficult to control Johnson’s animal spirits.
Elections, referenda and political fora are the appropriate settings for such debate, not the courts.