The council tax precept will not be enough to meet the challenge.
The campaign to quit the EU lacks charismatic faces to put up against the Prime Minister, three former premiers and well-known business figures.
The Labour leader will be quite difficult to get rid of, for the more he rejects the monied, managerial, Blairite style of politics, the better his followers will like him.
Lord Ashcroft’s new research on the coming EU referendum is a reminder that gut fear will count for more than rational argument.
Over the last half century municipal leaders have caused the capital to become an uglier place to live and work.
Gove’s drive for better treatment and rehabilitation offers another opportunity for radical Conservative reform.
This agenda has never been put to the electoral test, whilst the traditionalist strategy can be seen to have had limitations.
The Tory leader has done many sessions of PMQs since, but few of his quips have been as memorable as this one.
Wednesday’s events in the Commons have laid to rest the ghost of the Iraq War.
And the worst example? Blair and Brown in their second term.
The Prime Minister’s insistence on Parliamentary consent – which he does not need – for operational decisions is crippling Britain’s capacity to act decisively.
Plus: Why Chilcot won’t change anybody’s mind. A deliberate snub from Downing Street. And: Why hasn’t the Daily Mail replaced James Chapman yet?
A new biography of Julian Amery shows the expansive spirit in which we should debate the national interest.
Acting on Centre for Social Justice insights has become become central to the Prime Minister’s legacy aspirations.