Labour’s Corbyn troubles open up new opportunities for next May’s contest. A bigger Open Primary than planned offers a means of taking them.
The Conservative MEP leader and would-be London Mayoral candidate on Ambition, Opportunity and Enterprise – and why that shortlist should be extended.
Plus: Zac Goldsmith tells me that he won’t stand in a by-election if the Heathrow decision fails to go his way.
We also have the running order for candidate interviews on Saturday week.
Whether he is or isn’t on it is a test case of whether the Party practices the values it preaches.
We list the committee members who will decide the Open Primary Shortlist. If it’s wide of the mark in any way, please direct your complaints to CCHQ.
CCHQ’s secrecy over the London Mayoral candidate selection spits in the face of Party members.
Plus: Greenhalgh impresses as only three candidates show at a hustings. Osborne’s minimum wage. And: Hunting – I don’t like posh people on horses killing foxes.
The Richmond Park MP has demonstrated that he has the independent spirit which helped the last two Mayors to victory.
The view of London members may be sharply different from those based elsewhere. But it is hard to argue that this finding isn’t promising for the Richmond Park MP.
The Richmond MP expressed his dissatisfaction with the Davies Commission.
Harman tried in vain to convince the House that Boris is in charge of airports policy.
With the airport commission set to report on Wednesday, we’re no closer to ending decades of inaction.
The contest should run “long” rather than “short”. And our preference is for a ballot of members – which all candidates’ names should be on.
Was Goldsmith absent to avoid talking about the Super Sewer?