Davis tops our final Cabinet League Table of 2016
Theresa May is in second place and Ruth Davidson third, whilst the overall rise in positive ratings we noted last month is sustained.
ToryDiary
Our survey returns Ruth Davidson as Remain campaigner of the year
She walks it with over half the vote.
Taking care with a European Court
The Brexit vote has changed everything – including the context for any withdrawal from the European Court of Human Rights.
The Joy of Brex
2016 has been a great year for Britain. 2017 may be slower going.
Dyson is runaway winner as our survey’s business campaigner of the year
The British inventor and industrialist helped to bolster the economic case for Leave. Ian Botham comes a distant second, and Bob Geldof last.
Our survey. Gove is Leave campaigner of the year.
Johnson was second, Stuart third, Farage fourth. Our winner rose to the challenge of the TV debates, which probably explains the result.
Hannan tops our survey as the Conservative politician who did most to achieve Brexit
He takes two in five votes. Boris Johnson is second on 21 per cent.
What was the most decisive moment in the EU referendum campaign? Our readers’ answer: Cameron’s renegotiation.
Osborne’s “punishment budget” came in second.
We wish you a Merry Christmas
And a Happy New Year too to all our readers.
Christmas. We want Jesus, but get Herod – or so it seems.
The tyrant’s spiritual descendants have had rather a good year. But the point of these festivities is that their triumph isn’t indefinite.
Bradley must face down the foes of the free press
The abuses at the heart of the hacking scandal were already illegal. A state regulator would only allow those running it to pursue punitive agendas against legal activity.
Vice signalling
There is a misunderstanding about Arron Banks’s claim that Brendan Cox has chosen “to massively politicise” the murder of his wife, Jo Cox.
Please take our Special Brexit End Of Year Survey
What was the most decisive event of the EU referendum campaign? What were Remain and Leave’s best and worst moments? And more.
Requiring ID to vote is sensible. But we also urgently need postal vote reform.
Blair’s changes ignored security in the name of raising turnout. It is time to correct that error.
Patel is taking flak for the Coalition’s aid ringfence
Even if she wanted to, she couldn’t reduce her department’s budget without a change in the law.