What will Trump’s illness mean for the US election?
In a very 2020 twist, the President has Covid-19. With just a month until the vote, does he have time to fight it off – or the GOP to replace him?
Our survey. Under one in three Party members think Johnson is dealing well with the Coronavirus as Prime Minister.
We’ve been asking this question for the last seven months in the monthly survey. And this is the seventh time in a row that his rating has fallen.
Ascension Island: a leak that tells us more about the inside of the Home Office than government policy
It is almost inevitable that any ‘blue-sky’ session is going to produce ideas that are impractical, embarrassing, or both – but not that they get into the papers.
Our monthly survey finds that support for a Sweden-style Covid-19 policy is up from about a third of Party activists to almost half
Johnson will enter the Conservative Party Conference with support for his Covid-19 policy having deteriorated sharply, if our survey is anything to go by.
Jacob Rees-Mogg joins our conference fringe line-up – register now for the Moggcast LIVE
The Leader of the House will be interviewed by Paul Goodman in front of a live audience.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: The Speaker is furious and the Prime Minister refuses to put his arms round Starmer
Johnson contradicts his message of national togetherness, and antagonises MPs, by appearing to regard criticism as disloyal.
Johnson should not try to abolish the distinction between academic and technical education
His speech contained many sensible initiatives – but ministers should not be led astray by illusory shortcuts.
A Conservative leader can afford to take on his left or his right – but not the 1922 Committee’s Executive
The Brady amendment is part of the developing story of a clash between leaders and backbenchers over Party management, culture and MPs’ status.
The Conservatives should watch for a rival to their right
That was the norm of the past ten years, in the form of Farage’s parties. There’s no reason to assume that a new challenger won’t emerge.
The police must be politically impartial. That includes being even-handed in upholding the law on protests.
If they “take the knee” towards some demonstrators, but not others, how can we be confident that neutrality is being maintained?
We need a Plan B for universities as well as schools – and much the same one
Many still assume that going to college and leaving home are bound up together. But it ain’t necessarily so.
Dacre, Moore, Neil. Is triple change coming for the BBC?
Dacre has said that he “would die in a ditch defending it as a great civilising force”, and Moore grasps the Corporation’s original Reithian mission.
Alliance for Unity, the new movement which could give Galloway his next political life
He has a good eye for political openings, and Labour’s woes might have created a space for an avowedly left-wing, pro-UK figure.
Sunak said yesterday that “our lives can no longer be put on hold”. But that’s just what Johnson’s ready to do if he thinks it necessary.
So like his other big financial statements to date, his one yesterday had a strikingly provisional air.
The Government and self-ID. Scrapped for now. But the pressure isn’t going away.
From tech giants, to Conservatives’ own MPs, arguments over the Gender Recognition Act are far from over.