Garvan Walshe: The Integrated Review’s tilt to Asia could leave us vulnerable closer to home – and Putin
The impulse of Brexit is to prove Britain’s openness by striking out, but this tilt increases our security dependence on Europe.
Ross Mackinnon: In defence of men
Imposing collective guilt on a group is fundamentally unconservative. I hope never to see our Party dabble with it.
How having the 0.7 per cent aid commitment in law is haunting the Government
Whatever one thinks of the percentage, putting it on the statute book was a bad idea – as legal dispute about the proposed cut shows.
Alexander Downer: A truth runs through this Integrated Review – that foreign policy can no longer exist in isolation.
What it puts forward is an argument that prosperity at home is more than ever the result of how Britain deals with the world.
Daniel Hannan: Laws must be general, equal and certain. And yes, that applies to lockdown gatherings too.
We cannot have a system where the rules are differently enforced depending on whether the public share the opinions of the people infracting them.
Radical: Trying to define conversion therapy is more complicated than it seems
A broadly defined ban could make it an offence to offer therapy to people with questions about their gender identity.
Old Woman Europe
The explanation for vaccine caution among our neighbours may have as much to so with sociology as politics.
Ryan Bourne: Are fears of a return of inflation overblown?
I believe so – but nonetheless, the balance of risks, driven by economic and political trends, has definitely shifted.
Steve Baker and Dominic Grieve: Saturday’s vigil, its mishandling – and why we should be wary of this plan for more police powers
Those MPs voting for the Bill today must make clear their intent to improve it later stages – and protect our civil liberties.
Don’t blame the police for failures to hold them accountable. To make streets safer, have more local control.
That there may be as many as three investigations into Saturday’s events on Clapham Common tells us much we need to know.
James Sunderland: The Integrated Review. To project power in the world, we musn’t skimp on support arms and force protection
And if that projection is to be effective, we will need to invest in our operating bases – and not just at traditional sites.
Mia Rees: It’s time to stop the final tampon tax loophole – and scrap VAT on period underwear
The Treasury risks being accused of constraining personal choice – and penalising those who want to switch to an environmentally friendly product.
Johnson – “Our new, full-spectrum approach to cyber will transform our ability to protect our people”
The Integrated Review of security, defence, development and foreign policy is upon us. But will the capabilities follow the challenges, or vice-versa?
Sarah Ingham: The Duchess, the Queen – and that Oprah interview. It’s time for Johnson to step in.
Reports that the former brought pressure to bear on ITV are alarming. Can we look forward to a new series – Britain’s Got Feudalism?
As the SNP stonewalls Holyrood, Parliament should help hold Scottish civil servants to account
Liam Fox has confirmed this week that they are part of the Home Civil Service, and thus answerable to the House of Commons and its Ministers.