The MPs we deserve
The speeding up of turnover rates has almost nothing to do with shifts to the right or left, and much more to do with wider cultural change in Parliament.
Robert Buckland: We’re working hard to tackle crime – and we need your help
As well as Government measures to toughen up punishments and support victims, the nation requires more magistrates.
Clark Vasey: Workington Man could make the dream of a Northern county without a single Labour seat a reality
Boris Johnson is already appealing to Blue Collar voters who are fed up with Labour’s betrayal of Brexit and the values of working people.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Johnson compares Corbyn to Fidel Castro, Goldilocks and Count Dracula
The Prime Minister reminded the House of his formidable abilities as an electioneer.
Alex Hall: Why the Conservatives shouldn’t enter into an election pact with the Brexit Party
And what of our voters who would be repelled by a pact with it? I can see the Lib/Lab slogan already: “Vote Blue, get Farage”.
Ryan Bourne: Thatcher and Cameron made us happier
It really is remarkable. Every self-reported measure of wellbeing has improved near continuously in the past eight years.
Daniel Hannan: Where would we now find another Norman Stone?
Had he been on the Left, he would have been regarded as one of our towering public intellectuals. But he committed the ultimate sin: he was a Thatcherite.
The temptation to stuff Corbyn – or try to – is proving too great to resist
By pursuing an election at the expense of the Withdrawal Bill, Johnson is gambling on hammering Labour amidst the December gloom.
Stephen Booth: This is not the beginning of the end of Brexit, it is the end of the beginning
The first phase may have been the most fraught, but Johnson’s deal leaves lots to do – and many decisions to make – in the next stage.
Rupert Myers: Remainers might wish otherwise, but there is simply no mandate for a second referendum
And even if one were to take place, there’s every reason to believe it would deepen, not resolve, the sense of crisis and acrimony.
Why the second referendum campaign is failing
It is as if it had become a vehicle to help Blair redeem his reputation and popularity, lost after the Iraq War.
David Gauke: When your bell rings in December, you expect to be sung a carol – not asked how you’re going to vote
The result of a general election next month would by no means be a foregone conclusion.
Sheila Lawlor: Ultimately, as the EU’s leaders recognise, the momentum is with Johnson
The big prize will be that the UK’s economic and trade freedom will be restored, something May’s backstop would have prevented, potentially indefinitely.
The secret of Johnson’s success suggests bringing back the Withdrawal Bill
The reason he has turned the polls round seems to be that voters believe he’s trying to deliver Brexit.
Meghan Gallacher: All-women shortlists. Whatever happened to the Best Person for the Job?
It would be wrong to see a woman gifted a ‘safe’ seat in a winnable constituency just because there is a lack of female MPs.