Paul Goodman: No, the government is not in crisis
The media love making a crisis out of a drama, to coin a phrase.
None of Britain's political parties are in a good place at the moment. All need to look very carefully at how to demonstrate that they don't think Ministers and MPs are above the law without throwing any innocent people under the proverbial bus.
The loss of Michael Fallon and Priti Patel is a blow to Theresa May's government, but it is not going to bring the government down.
As Paul Goodman writes on Conservative Home here,
"The next election is five years away. The polls show Tory support at 40 per cent or so – a total that David Cameron would have killed for.
Essentially, the country is divided into two electoral camps: those who support Jeremy Corbyn, and those who oppose him. There is real fear of a hard left government among a mass of middle ground voters, and until or unless there is a downturn they have no predominant reason to run a check on their voting intentions.
The economy has grown since the referendum, contrary to George Osborne’s predictions, and unemployment has fallen. For all the rise in inflation above the growth in wages, Britain has become happier since the Brexit vote."
The government is going through a difficult patch. This happens. Particularly to governments which do not have large majorities. But it is not about to collapse.
None of Britain's political parties are in a good place at the moment. All need to look very carefully at how to demonstrate that they don't think Ministers and MPs are above the law without throwing any innocent people under the proverbial bus.
The loss of Michael Fallon and Priti Patel is a blow to Theresa May's government, but it is not going to bring the government down.
As Paul Goodman writes on Conservative Home here,
"The next election is five years away. The polls show Tory support at 40 per cent or so – a total that David Cameron would have killed for.
Essentially, the country is divided into two electoral camps: those who support Jeremy Corbyn, and those who oppose him. There is real fear of a hard left government among a mass of middle ground voters, and until or unless there is a downturn they have no predominant reason to run a check on their voting intentions.
The economy has grown since the referendum, contrary to George Osborne’s predictions, and unemployment has fallen. For all the rise in inflation above the growth in wages, Britain has become happier since the Brexit vote."
The government is going through a difficult patch. This happens. Particularly to governments which do not have large majorities. But it is not about to collapse.
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