Our survey. Johnson’s vaccine bounce. Over three in five party members believe he’s handling Covid well.
That’s the first time he’s cleared 50 per cent since August – and only the third time in a year that his score on this question has risen.
As the Treasury digs in on Eat Out to Help Out, its critics are fighting an uphill battle
New figures seem to bolster the claim that the policy which turned ‘Rishi’ into a household name it didn’t drive infections. Don’t expect him to recant it.
The Good Union
The Union needs a cultural case to walk in step with the material one – Project Love, not Project Fear. Which means looking to the future.
Three cheers for Kate Bingham
She and her team have been one of the most important assets in the UK’s battle with Coronavirus.
Vaccines. The United Kingdom v a “rules-based organisation”.
The Government acted promptly, the EU didn’t – and Brussels’ furious response suggests competition could get ugly.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: The comedian has learned how to play tragedy
Under pressure of the pandemic, the Prime Minister has gradually discovered how to strike the right note of unadorned sorrow.
100,000 dead
It’s a terrible milestone and Ministers throughout the UK will be blamed. How could our governments and administrations do better next time?
How Johnson thinks. One can’t “let in daylight upon magic”.
The Prime Minister seems to be mulling some school re-openings pre-Easter. But how long will it last and who can really be sure?
Travel and the virus. Ministers face some of the hardest decisions yet as they plot UK’s next course.
The terrible choices the Government has had to make are a paradox of the UK’s success as an international travel hub.
The Special Relationship looks set to continue under Biden
The phone call that put Britain at the front of queue, shows we still matter as a dependable ally to the US.
The cynical politics of emissions targets and COP26. How government is poised to declare success while delivering failure.
Our five year electoral cycle is driving MPs to compete for short-term green subsidies without questioning the medium-term consequences.
Time for a Coffey break
The recent bias in Downing Street against putting the Work and Pensions Secretary up for press conferences and big media shows is inexplicable.
Davies forced out as Conservative leader in the Welsh Parliament. What will change?
A coronation means that Andrew RT Davies, a right-wing Brexiteer closer to the grassroots who was forced out in 2018, is likely to retake the top job.
Johnson should be deeply wary of opening Pandora’s Box with a constitutional commission
Advocates of every hoary old reform would immediately set to work arguing that the Union could be saved by their One Weird Trick.
The amazing story of Mohammad Sarwar shows how Sturgeon can be defeated
The former Glasgow MP is now, astonishingly, Governor of Punjab, while his son is getting ready to attempt the revival Scottish Labour.