Chris White: A guide to today’s indicative votes – and their significance, as the legislature seizes power from the executive
This week has seen Parliament grab control, and this has serious implications for the practices of responsible government.
Steven Edginton: The polling which suggests that most voters believe MPs are trying to stop Brexit
41 per agree that Britain should leave to trade on WTO rules on March 29 compared to 28 per cent who disagree.
Shanker Singham: Of all the options Parliament might consider this week, only a free trade agreement is viable
Longer extension, Customs Union, ‘Common Market 2.0’ and so on all have severe downsides.
Matt Hancock: 75 years on, let’s celebrate how we Conservatives were the original Party of the NHS. And are still serving it today.
It was Henry Willink, supported by Churchill, who declared the NHS should be “free at the point of delivery, according to need not ability to pay.”
Bruce Newsom: May’s strategy for extending Article 50 is unconstitutional
The Prime Minister has made no effort to consult Parliament about her agreement with Brussels – but it requires changes to British law.
George Freeman: We have to deliver a Brexit that the majority of voters can accept
Our party owns this crisis. If we honour the referendum we can shape the next decade. If we don’t then chaos – and Corbyn – await.
Paul Bew: Merkel has let alternatives to the backstop out of a bottle. So there’s no putting them back in.
It really is something when a significant part of the EU leadership joins the list of agnostics. No wonder there is nervousness in Dublin.
Andrew Smith: Whatever indicative votes produce, let it not be Norway Plus
It would be dangerous for UK business and would leave both Leavers and Remainers dissatisfied. It would leave Britain subject to free movement.
Heather Harper: The key to tackling knife crime starts in the home
My decades of experience suggest that the knowledge, experience, and will to combat this crisis is out there. We need to tap it.
Liz Truss: At the heart of the spending review will be popular, free market conservatism
I’m travelling around the country asking the public what their priorities really are. This review should be the People’s review.
Henry Newman: Conservative MPs should beware handing Labour the victory on Brexit
If they reject the Withdrawal Agreement a third time, a deeply divided Opposition could yet get the credit for a soft departure.
Sarah Ingham: Why the horror at holding European elections this spring? We should seek and embrace the opportunity.
Far better than a Second Referendum, the poll would offer a benign way of taking the country’s temperature.
Johnny Mercer: Reform the leadership rules. MPs should present members with a final four candidates, not two.
That way we would have a proper contest, focused on the future and the full range of issues. And our hardworking members would have a real choice.
Anthony Speaight: Six reasons why we are now less likely to be trapped in the backstop
Whilst it remains the case that the Protocol could conceivably remain in force indefinitely, that scenario has become more theoretical than it was previously.
Chris White: Brexit. May’s Commons options after Bercow’s ruling.
There’s little that Conservative MPs can do to stop the Speaker – they don’t have the votes to depose him.