
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The Prime Minister did not stoop and could not conquer
He would not conciliate the Liaison Committee by promising to meet it three times a year, let alone by holding an inquiry into Cummings.
He would not conciliate the Liaison Committee by promising to meet it three times a year, let alone by holding an inquiry into Cummings.
For his Shadow Cabinet, I would choose media friendly spokespeople, and back them up with deputies more on the policy wonkish side of things.
One can conceive of Ministers seeking an all-party public front, and Labour objecting to responsibility with no power.
After the 1983 defeat, Labour’s electoral progress was slow. This time around the Party will face further decline without a bold change in direction.
Most voters will have what to them are more pressing reasons to reject Corbyn than anti-semitism. But none expose more fully why he must be stopped.
Briefing that Johnson will “lock up terrorists and throw away the key” is taking the voters for fools.
Asserting the rights of Parliament over the EU is half the European mission. Asserting them over the ECHR is the other half.
The vehement Johnson of last week transformed himself into a master of the soft word that turneth away wrath.
Their real aim is to overturn the referendum result, wreck Brexit and destroy the Government we actually have.
The Fixed Terms Parliament Act may pave the way to delivering Brexit by October 31. And for that, we can thank…
We concede that this is a question to which the Prime Minister himself may not yet have an answer.
If Boris Johnson wants to pursue a No Deal exit, then he will have a fight on his hands with MPs.
The new Prime Minister will inherit the worst political legacy in living memory – with the very barest of working majorities.
The more centralised her decision-making became, the less control over events she actually had.
Gove, Stewart and perhaps others too could see their standing and prospects damaged this afternoon.