Damian Green calls for a new ‘grown-up way of doing politics’. Will it work?

Even before the election delivered a hammer blow to the Tories, their ‘strong and stable’ mantra was coming back to bite. Now, their warning of a Labour-led ‘coalition of chaos’ is also rearing its head once again. Fresh from wrapping up their deal with the DUP, the Government is calling on the opposition to come together on Brexit and lend a helping hand. Theresa May will say the other parties should offer up their ideas and be prepared to ‘debate and discuss’ with the Government – not only on leaving the EU but on a host of other areas of policy as well. Damian Green used his Today interview this morning to make it clear that this offer isn’t just reserved for those on the Labour benches. He told Nick Robinson:

‘It’s not just addressed to Jeremy Corbyn. There are big issues facing this country – Brexit is obviously the overwhelming one – but there is counter-terrorism, workers rights, industrial strategy.