Opinion

Cummings is proving that disruptive stories and lies, allied to Machiavellian cunning and upending convention by framing our institutions as “out of touch” and “elite”, could be much more populist than reason and fact.

Scotland is currently governed by a party that just 25 per cent of the country voted for, delivering a Brexit that 62 per cent of voters rejected.

For a start Jenrick admitted to wrongdoing so you’d be forgiven for thinking that Johnson might sack him purely on the grounds that he’d told the truth.

The BBC could probably get away with just scrolling an aston under Johnson every time he speaks, reading “This is a work of fiction and any resemblance to the actual truth is purely coincidental.”

Boris Johnson is rejecting his own "oven ready deal", leaving us in a position that nobody wanted.

Yet again the poorest and most marginalised risk being left behind and the UK’s role in the world will be weakened.

It is likely to sabotage the gains we have on women’s rights, and it will have a devastating impact on some of the world’s most vulnerable communities and populations, including the lives of millions of women and girls living in poverty.

The party's programme of austerity has choked the economy, harmed public services and doubled the national debt.

In claiming not to know the ‘broader history” of taking a knee Raab dismisses the fight against racism and takes a side. The wrong one obviously. For a Tory party so insistent that history not be erased they are remarkably adept at it.