Richard Holden: A call to CCHQ. Spare no effort to help us consolidate our breakthrough in the North East during next year’s elections.
I’ve noticed in my constituency that, to parts of the community, I am a disruption to the local natural order.
Darren Grimes: I won in court. There are no charges against me. The Electoral Commission is discredited. Now there must be a reckoning.
This is a regulator out of control – and we need a full review of the law, too, which is beyond the understanding of the institution created to oversee it.
David Callaghan: Whatever happened to the Liberal Democrats?
Exactly a decade after forming a government with the Conservatives, the Liberal Democrats are languishing on the political fringes – where did it all go wrong?
Alistair Lexden: On this day, May 8, 75 years ago. Churchill’s VE Day statement in the Lords Chamber.
The great Parliamentarian then spoke to his colleagues from the heart. “Some Members wept,” Channon noted.
James Sunderland: We must not let Covid-19 stop us celebrating Victory in Europe Day tomorrow
As we approach the 75th Anniversary this week, please spare a thought for those who gave so much to protect our freedoms.
Phil Taylor: Labour’s Austerity 3) The party’s £20 billion of NHS “cuts” – as it likes to call them
These savings were desperately needed to make Darling’s books balance. They were put in Labour’s 2010 manifesto.
Unity Howard: Fixing educational inequalities must be top of the Government’s agenda as it reopens schools
The most deprived children are facing greater challenges to their education; Britain must remedy this disadvantage gap.
Imran Ahmad Khan: After this pandemic, the UK must end its reliance on the China-centric supply chain.
It’s time Britain re-established itself as an industrious, manufacturing nation – by strengthening its capacity in Yorkshire and the North-East.
Phil Taylor: Labour’s Austerity 2) How Darling planned to cut capital spending by more than half
His cuts were so shocking that, in his own Budget speech in June 2010, George Osborne said that there would be no further such reductions.
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.
Phil Taylor: Labour’s Austerity 1) How Brown’s Government planned £94 billion of cuts
As the tenth anniversary of the 2010 election approaches, the author says that Labour’s own austerity record and plans were almost as tough as the Coalition’s.
Ben Bradley: With a focus on further education and apprenticeships, the economy can bounce back
The restriction on the number of apprentices small businesses can take on should be lifted. FE colleges should boost entrepreneurship.
Peter Oborne and Kamal Alam: Why the time has come for a targeted lifting of sanctions on Syria
Those that prevent ordinary Syrians from accessing humanitarian aid and economic opportunities should be ended.
Nicholas Boys Smith: Let’s allow eating out to mean eating out
It’s easier, faster and cheaper for restaurants, bars and shops to make use of the pavement.
Sarah Ingham: Memories of Wooton Bassett as we cheer NHS staff. PPE – and lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan.
How the backlash from Labour’s failure to protect our armed forces adequately led to a new Military Covenant.