Now Liz Truss has resigned after trashing the economy, it’s important that we keep holding onto the fact that this isn’t – and shouldn’t be – normal or acceptable. Politics can be exciting - a robust exchange of radical ideas – but it should be dull as anything in constitutional terms. Ours and others’ confidence in how our state and our country functions rests on that. It’s what the markets respond to – and it’s why they’ve gone so wild over the last three weeks.
Read MoreDominic Raab might feel his week has already been challenging, but if the former foreign secretary had followed Monica Harding around his constituency on the morning before his demotion, he could be forgiven for being more downcast still.
Read MoreThe Liberal Democrats have announced they will freeze rail fare increases for Esher & Walton commuters and season ticket holders for the next five years, while fixing the broken fares and ticketing system.
Read More