At the moment Liz seems to be the big under-performer based on declarations. I wasn’t expecting her to be behind Tugendhat. Maybe she is holding something back but if not then there has to be the cha… (View Post)

One could mount an argument that the membership actually picked the lesser of two evils in the IDS/Clarke contest. I am a big fan of Ken Clarke, and I believe it’s a crying shame he was never Prime M… (View Post)

One of the reasons I would be more confident in Sunak v Truss than Sunak v Mordaunt is that I think Sunak and Mordaunt are fishing in the same pool a little in terms of MPs, whereas the right of the … (View Post)

I would just caution a few things on this front. Not because I have a particular iron in the fire, but because the “culture war” issues go to matters like identity, and identity and belonging got us … (View Post)

On Kemi, I think she has promise, and I would be really interested to see her as Tory leader. But give her a few cabinet roles first, let her find her feet and build her profile and ideas. (View Post)