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Following the Chancellor’s spending review this week, see our latest political note.

Sunak is a winning chap who has done well in terrifically difficult circumstances. He has been good in this crisis. But what happens when we are through it, vaccinated up and back to (almost) normal?

Following a week of internal unrest at No.10, see our latest political note.

So, does any of it matter? Inevitably, the answer is both yes and no.

Following Jeremy Corbyn’s suspension from the Labour Party, see out latest note.

The big difference between a toddler and Corbyn, though, is that a toddler is capable - over time - of learning that actions have consequences.

After a week of confusion as regions across the country face a variety of lockdown restrictions, see our political note

The Government has created the impression that it often cannot make decisions and almost always cannot enforce those decisions that it does manage to make.

As the Government’s new rules on social gatherings come into force see our latest political note

Behave like a gang, be outrageous, and if you can get away with it then fine. If not just do a U-turn... none of this can give confidence to business that any sensible deal with the EU will eventually be arrived at.

As the Chancellor resists growing calls to extend the furlough scheme, see our latest political note.

Over the next few months, we will discover whether the Government’s various sticking plasters were sufficient to help Britain to heal the COVID wound.

As the House rises for summer recess, our latest political note reflects on Boris Johnson’s first year as PM.

It is traditional, of course, for school children to receive a report on their achievements, attitude and behaviour at the end of term. So here's Lodestone's report on our Prime Minister.

Following the Chancellor’s statement outlining the Government’s ‘Plan for Jobs’, see our summary here

The Chancellor is so committed to Britain building back from the pandemic that he will pay for your double glazing, guarantee your kid a job and even buy you dinner.

As pubs and restaurants prepare to re-open tomorrow, see our latest political note.

We are told that more will be announced next week, in the Chancellor’s I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Not-budget. And let us hope so.

Following a difficult week for the Government, see our latest political note.

We are not presently governed by the best and the brightest that the country - or, even, the Conservative Party - has to offer. We are governed by the boasters and the brigands instead.

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It is the politics that is interesting here. Because this package tells us vanishingly little about Sunak’s preferences or skills as a politician. It does not answer the question of whether he believes balancing the books matters more than investing in welfare and productivity. It does not tell us whether he shares his Prime Minister’s liberal instincts or those of most of his other, fellow Vote Leave veterans. It doesn’t even tell us whether he considers the measures that he took during the pandemic - from furlough to eat-out - as positive innovations or splurges he now regrets.

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