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This is Danny Finkelstein’s conclusion in his Times column today: “……. if the way No 10 intends to bring the chancellor and prime minister together is by taking over No 11, this is unlikely to work. Even if the new chancellor does not have his own special advisers, he will have his own department, his own departmental position, his own department’s interests and his own status. Over the centuries, the Treasury has shown repeatedly that it is not easily brought to heel.“…

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Reminder what engineers think of building a 22 mile bridge through a deep and stormy munitions dump pic.twitter.com/odNFyZD87E — James Felton (@JimMFelton) February 10, 2020 There are surely better ways of improving the UK’s travel infrastructure If/when @theSNP achieve independence, who picks up the tab for the committed-to-but-not-yet-built bridge between Scotland and Northern Ireland proposed by @BorisJohnson ? Sadly, I think I know the answer! PS it would have been closed for the last 2 days because of Storm Ciara…

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When Boris Johnson’s autobiography eventually (inevitably) comes out it will be one of the most fascinating political books of its time. Some of it might even be true. It will probably write about the 2019 election as being as much the Boris election as the Brexit election, a perspective that wouldn’t be entirely driven by pure egomania. Governing parties usually just sink over time. Rebounding upwards after almost a decade in office is rare. But was it born of skill,…

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