Undoubtedly, Britain played a terrible part in the 17th and 18th-century history of slavery. Its act later ensured sweeping political and societal change.
Policymakers should be asking themselves whose quality of life worsens thanks to the current unplanned mess.
We’re closer to a greener, cleaner, safer planet, but the real success of the summit will only be determined in the years ahead.
I was excited by Shaun Bailey’s manifesto before the London Mayoral elections, and equally upset not to have the chance to back it.
Brexit doesn’t just allow the City to make its regulatory regime more competitive; it obliges it to do so.
The proposed Australian trade deal risks bankrupting our farmers. The competition is unfair, their standards lower – and our consumer gain minimal.
We cannot have a system where the rules are differently enforced depending on whether the public share the opinions of the people infracting them.
Publishing the figures will underline that Ministers are striving to be balanced. Never mind how it looks, though: better statistics will lead to better decisions.
If he is to take the necessary steps to get a Brexit deal (and I hope he does), he is going to have to defy those instincts on a second issue, too.
Those with cardiac conditions and other serious illnesses have, in many cases, been unable or too afraid to seek treatment.
Given the salience of the topic, we are republishing the Chair of the Foreign Select Committee’s article above each day this week.
Precisely because it would be a rather unnecessary addition to the current deal, it is hard to argue that the proposal would be a disaster for Brexit.
In the geo-political battle of ideas, between an open, liberal vision of government and society, and a more authoritarian template, the continent, overwhelmingly, is in the right column.