John Redwood: Do we fight too many wars?

The first in a series of mid-morning fortnightly Monday columns from the former Cabinet Minister.

John Redwood: Lorries, Brexit – and the truth about how to keep on trucking

Why is it that those on the Right who urge higher pay are vilified, while the Left applauds a low pay model for the economy?

John Redwood: The BBC is disruptive, anti-Brexit, divisive – and belittles and ignores England

It is meant to be a United Kingdom-wide institution. It should help create a sense of common culture and shared democratic conversation.

John Redwood: Why now that we have left the EU are we still yoked to Maastricht austerity?

What we need is to promote a higher wage, higher productivity economy. Our economic targets should reflect those aims.

John Redwood: Let’s hear more debate about how the Church of England enjoys its privileges

The Archbishop of Canterbury misunderstands the origins of the EU, which were drawn from Germany’s zollverein – not Christian social teaching.

John Redwood: Why we would be better off with No Deal

Here’s how can now use our freedoms as we leave – assuming there is no last-minute wish to be sensible by the EU and agree a free trade deal.

John Redwood: Covid-19 – and the hard questions that must be asked about forecasts, numbers, data and treatments

We know is that a lockdown is very damaging. The first one took around a quarter off our national income and output. We cannot afford to do that again.

John Redwood: This virtual Parliament must have maximum power to hold Ministers to account. Here are some improvements.

The first thing that would help would be for the Government to allow more time. And MPs could indicate to the control system they would like to intervene.

John Redwood: The Government should prepare for a return to normal work for people not in the vulnerable categories

We are looking at a possible deep recession, with a big surge in jobless and the loss of substantial capacity to produce goods and services for the future.

John Redwood: Why I, as a strong supporter of the market economy, back the Government’s emergency economic measures

The reason we will get away with it again, as we did in the banking crash, is that there is so much deflation around, inflation is not a problem.

John Redwood: Why the Government’s response to the virus can’t be settled by the science – with decisions made by epidemiologists

Many of these matters can only be made on the basis of imperfect information. The advantage of the elected official making the ultimate decision is one of accountability.

John Redwood: Lessons for managing civil service obstruction from the Thatcher years. And my role as head of her Policy Unit.

There were plenty of Yes Minister routines and scripts to live through then as now. Much of the system did not like the privatisation programme.

John Redwood: Why populists reject the establishment – and no longer believe what it tells them

Here in Britain, the two main parties are being punished by voters for tearing up their Brexit commitments.