Though Sue Gray waits in the wings, carrying her scythe and lantern. Will we see her report next week?
The proposed reduction of the number of officials by 91,000 will not deliver the efficiencies, tax cuts, or headlines for which the Government hopes.
Covid brought changes for the better as well as for the worse, and Ministers should make the most of them.
That only 31 per cent of Foreign Office officials are venturing in to work whilst there is a war in Ukraine should be an object of serious concern.
For Johnson to discuss decisions bilaterally with ministers on WhatsApp without telling anyone and regularly backtrack undermines his own office.
These two institutions at the very centre of Government do not appear to be operating the way they should.
The Government could end up with a series of Burnhams and Khans, constantly trying to undermine it.
The question is why the UK is being so timid. is it Johnson, ministers or the Blob? Let’s consider the options.
It was meant to be a home but has become the heart of government. With this split personality, no wonder a frat house culture took hold of it.
We cannot be the tax cutters we were in the 1980s because we are now an older country than we were then.
In the early days of his premiership, Johnson asked me how she had done things. Here’s what I said.
As with the Iraq War, the public is none too appreciative when it realises it has been misled, not least thanks to dodgy data.
In this feature, we look at some of the most memorable podcasts of the last few weeks.
These bring different people together in pursuit of a common good, so that social cohesion and capital is strengthened.
Last week, middle class voters told us in focus groups that they were incandescent; we expect to hear the same this week from working class voters.