We can choose either to vote idealistically or for the least worst option, given the current political realities. Politics must be the art of the possible.
Fittingly, the Black Country, synonymous with the heavy industry of the Industrial Revolution, aims to take the lead in building this new science of reclamation.
Everyone likes the sound of it – so long as they believe it is going to deliver their preferred outcome. Already Tory poll ratings are visibly on the slide.
We are not a party within a party. We simply want to remind our fellow citizens that there are Conservative MPs who want to heal, not perpetuate, divisions.
Even amongst those keen to use it as a lesson, there is not yet any willingness to take the blame for a no-deal departure.
Plus: What would it take to get the Cabinet leavers to resign? Clarke’s Maastricht Treaty Customs Union moment. And: in defence of Robbie Gibb.
Also: May cites absurd fears about ‘direct rule’ to justify abandonment of No Deal; Tory rebels wooed separatist votes; and polls open in Newport West.
I’m naturally wary of the state interfering unnecessarily, but at minimum it is important to ascertain their whereabouts and that they really are being educated.
Change UK are not the problem for the Conservatives. Rather, it is their own change narrative is ultimately weak.
Now more than ever, it’s Brussels and not the Government which is in the driving seat – and we don’t know which way it will turn.
The Party must embrace innovation and free enterprise, put forward a strategy to drive down tax rates and reverse state action over individual freedom.
There are better ways to describe the problem of left-wing bias – such as what I would more accurately describe as identity politics, or postmodernism.
There is speculation that such a poll couldbe rolled into the European elections on May 23rd if necessary.
It would increase our power to control freedom of movement, plus our laws and finances – and deliver on the referendum result.
The New Zealand attack, the Birmingham school protests – and what we’re doing in the West Midlands to build cohesion and resilience.