Bringing down the temperature

Week's end thoughts about old, new and aspirant leaders

And so this is Friday and what have we learned?

This new Prime Minister has a certain way about him, and it’s a good way.

When he says he’ll give you a hearing, he sounds genuine. When he says they’ll be tuning things to make sure they're taking people with them, you feel confident it will happen.

It feels like a good prescription for febrile times, one th…