Chloe Westley: A brilliant head teacher, a transformational city school – and the need for mavericks
Last week, I met with one such person. Her name is Katharine Birbalsingh – founder and headmistress of the Michaela Community School.
Nick Hargrave: Conservative moderates need to help change our Party. Here’s how to start doing it.
Our party will not be able to speak for Britain as it really is, and as it will increasingly come to be, unless we make some efforts to reflect this in our membership.
Iain Dale: Self-indulgent Remain Ministers, self-deluded ERG MPs
Plus: My exclusive insight into that May Corbyn summit. Why does the BBC indulge Brok? And: Cooper trooper – not so super.
Henry Hill: Sturgeon warns SNP to brace for early election if budget falls
Also: DUP urge Government to adopt more aggressive approach to EU negotiations; Cardiff Conservative councillor reinstated; and more.
Garvan Walshe: Can civil war be avoided in Venezuela?
A wise US president with a clever plan would be able to reduce the risks. But this one may well squander the opportunity for a peaceful return to democracy.
Robert Halfon: Excluded children should be safe and secure – not left vulnerable on our streets.
With gangs on our streets and knives in our schools, this is too big a societal issue to look at purely through the lens of our education system.
Andy Street: Our 12-point plan to revitalise the High Street
We need to take a dynamic new approach to our High Streets with ambitious thinking. The future is not just retail.
Nicky Morgan: This Brexit logjam is holding up positive politics. Now the Prime Minister must break it.
The way to head these moves off – and this development is anticipated in the Cooper Bill which I am supporting – is to put an agreement in place.
Iain Dale: We’re heading towards an application to extend Article 50. And if extension happens, will revocation follow?
Plus: Collective minsterial responsibility is seeping away. Plus: A.C.Grayling, Jews, nazis, yellow stars – and Brexit Derangement Syndrome.
Henry Hill: Salmond arrested as ministers get tough with Sturgeon
Also: Car bombing in Londonderry sparks concerns of ‘Brexit violence’ as SDLP announce partnership with Fianna Fail.
Alex Morton: For voters to have more money, Government must spend less
Making Britain better post-Brexit will mean tough decisions about priorities. And that requires the Conservatives to know who their people are.
Daniel Hannan: What is driving this chaos? I’ll tell you. The EU is determined to punish us.
In English, Barnier said: “I’ll have done my job if, in the end, the deal is so tough on the British that they’d prefer to stay in the EU”.
James Frayne: The angry stereotype of Leave voters was false – but blocking Brexit risks making it true
Last week’s Question Time audience in Derby delivered a warning shot when they cheered the prospect of No Deal.
Henry Newman: Norway Plus, Common Market 2.0. Call it whatever you like, it could basically leave us as a non-voting EU member
It amounts to wishful thinking, not a workable, sustainable answer. And it’s not as easy to implement as some of its advocates make out.
Chloe Westley: Ageist abuse – and the bigoted Remain campaigners who rejoice when older voters die
The suffrage movement fought for those of all backgrounds to have the vote. This cannot be called into question for the sake of political gain.