Tom Pridham: The SNP may be Starmer’s real stumbling block at the next election
Labour have more potential allies in the smaller parties, but the prospect of a coalition with the Nationalists could sink him in England.
Lois Toole: The future of the North East lies in clean energy, not coal
Darren Grimes’ proposal to re-open the mines would produce fewer jobs, attract less investment, and sell our region short.
Alistair Lexden: On this day, 50 years ago, Edward Heath won an unexpected election victory
At no other time since 1945 has a working majority for one Party been turned at a single election into a working majority for another.
David Green: Johnson’s racial inequality inquiry must be free from political prejudice. Here are my tips for getting it right.
There are clear challenges to the idea that all whites are privileged. The Government’s report must stick to the facts.
Andrew Mitchell: Abolishing DfID 2) The case against. “Geneva and New York’s gain will be Global Britain’s loss.”
It is seldom a good sign when Governments decide to tinker with the Whitehall architecture.
Bob Seely: Abolishing DfID 1) The case for. “Is this the be all and end all? No. But it is a great start.”
Throughout the world, there has been a disconnect between British aid and other elements of our overseas policy.
Christian Guy: Slavery. Not a remote horror from the past, but a living one in the present. It must be stamped out.
We’ve seen gunshot wounds and babies born as a result of rape. With UK Border Force in Dover, we found a girl heading for a lifetime of sexual slavery.
Mark Bridgeman: Farmers deserve clarity on arrangements for leaving the Common Agricultural Policy
The transition is much-needed for sustainability. But it must begin with a manageable reduction in the payments. Or we could be plunged into crisis.
Raghib Ali: The harms of lockdown are exceeding the gains – especially when it comes to school closures
Neither the Covid-19 recovery plan nor SAGE’s minutes indicate that a formal “health cost-benefit analysis” has been done. We need one.
Dan Pitt: In spite of this pandemic, constitutional reforms remain a high priority for Conservatives
Johnson’s election manifesto promised to remove the Fixed-term Parliaments Act, among other pledges.
Jasvinder Sanghera: The new Northern Ireland rules that set a dangerous precedent on sex-selective abortion for the whole UK
These proposed changes suggest that Ministers’ resolve to address this type of abortion is weakening and, in Northern Ireland, evaporating.
Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. Here’s a grand bargain to open the way to a final agreement.
Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.
Maurisa Coleman: Why I, as a black Briton, am appalled by the Left’s gesture politics
We need to be proactive, and champion those universal values that we all share. And BAME conservatives need to be articulating and leading it.
Shanker Singham: As Johnson prepares to talk to Von der Leyen, here’s how to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol
Like it or not, the EU agreed to two customs territories on the island of Ireland – and a solution to the disagreement flows from that fact.
David Johnston and Laura Trott: We must re-open schools or risk scarring an entire generation
This is fundamentally an issue of social justice. All children not currently in school are damaged by it, but the poorest children are damaged most.