Keep calm, Tories, Boris Johnson is not the only minister pushing the boundaries and now Theresa May has the chance to re-assert her authority
TO hear some of the chatter coming out of the Westminster Bubble, you’d think Boris Johnson had launched a military coup over the weekend. Calm down, everybody.
Boris is not naïve enough to think that his article wouldn’t spark speculation about his leadership ambitions, and those who have questioned the timing of his intervention may have a point.
But he is Foreign Secretary, and is entitled to a view on what Britain might look like after we leave the EU. His vision of an open, global country is one we whole-heartedly endorse.
Indeed many of those criticising him this weekend are the same people who were publicly wondering if BoJo had lost his mojo.
He’s promised he’s “all behind” the Prime Minister. Good.
What the country needs right now is, to borrow a phrase, genuinely strong and stable leadership.
It is not wise to warn the electorate of the dangers of a coalition of chaos and then have the Cabinet resemble a drunken brawl at kicking-out time.
Boris is not the only senior Minister who could be accused of pushing the boundaries since the June election.
The only people who win from a divided front-bench are Jeremy Corbyn and his union paymasters, who are gearing up for a winter of discontent.
The Prime Minister, when she delivers a defining speech this week in Florence, has the chance to re-assert her authority and show Europe she is in charge.
Her two previous Brexit speeches have both been well-received at home and abroad. There’s no reason to think this one will be any different.
This able Prime Minister has made getting on with the job her mantra.
The Conservatives need to do just that.
Fat lot of good
IF the overpaid bureaucrats at Public Health England really think taxpayers should pay for facials and Zumba classes, they need medical help themselves.
There is a desperate need to reform the NHS, embracing innovation and technology. That reform does not include spa treatments.
Meanwhile, despite all of Public Health England’s costly gimmicks over recent years, it emerges that 100,000 kids are now classified as “super obese”. It’s a national embarrassment.
But the answer to our health problems is unlikely to be found in the “outside the box” thinking of these High Priests of the Nanny State.
It’s more likely to be a return of personal responsibility and proper parenting.
Lib Demoprats
THE Liberal Democrats meet in Bournemouth this week to discu….
Oh, who are we kidding?
Like most of the country, we’re barely paying attention.
