No Deal 1) There is a green fly in the red, white and blue ointment. Or the other way round, if you prefer.
The lack of an agreed border with Ireland makes “an Australian-style settlement” more unlikely than would otherwise be the case.
The real question isn’t which airport we build, but how to get better at building anything
If there’s one thing which ought to unite even the most passionate partisans of the different proposals, it’s the abject state of British decision-making on infrastructure.
As the coronavirus spreads, Hancock is endangered by twin perils – complacency and panic
At the least, we can expect reduced growth worldwide – and a more expansionary Budget next month.
Giving power to the judges. First Heathrow – next, the NHS.
If governments are going to keep signing up to ‘legally-binding targets’, this sort of thing will continue to happen. Legislative indolence is the root of judicial power.
A welcome fall in rough sleeping – but more accommodation is not enough for further progress
Many are vulnerable people in need of specialist help. Far better use could be made of the existing Public Health budget.
Brexity Hezza and Lawsony Javid
The former Chancellor can become spokesman for a cause, and it isn’t hard to see what it could be: lower spending and taxes.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Remember, Johnson, you are mortal
Javid’s resignation statement contained jokes but also warnings. “I’m a low-tax Conservative,” he said, and the Treasury “is the only tax-cutting ministry”.
Baker, the Spartan leader, puts down his spear
As ERG Chairman his unyielding opposition to May’s Deal proved to be of great significance.
Eugenics, PIE – and why the Whig Theory of History doesn’t always apply
Are aspects of the campaign for trans another example of a development welcomed by some at the time, and ultimately denounced by nearly everyone?
Johnson’s sex problem
His determination to promote more women may have a knock-on effect on the biddability of male Tory MPs.
A storm over Heathrow threatens. Will the Prime Minister set a course for ‘Boris Island’?
An estuary airport was touted as his big idea on flight capacity during his time as Mayor of London. There’s nobody to stop him now.
“If you go ‘transgender rights are our big thing’, you are going to lose that culture war”
How the Conservatives are winning and Labour losing the working class – a pattern that the latter’s leadership candidates are set to repeat.
Why Johnson hasn’t visited flood victims
His reluctance to do so is part of a bigger picture: a decision not to dance to the media’s tune.
Is the Home Office still unfit for purpose?
If Downing Street doesn’t grip the campaign against Patel by allies of her Permanent Secretary and others, it may spiral out of control.
Labour will ignore Blair’s speech yesterday. But Tories should take note.
His message, that the Conservatives will win if the electoral battle is on identity politics and culture wars, is correct.