Chloe Westley: There must be no compromise on ending free movement
Implementing a fair and controlled skills-based immigration system would be a huge win for the Government – and deliver on a key pledge of the Brexit campaign.
Iain Dale: Lewis didn’t deliberately break a pairing arrangement this week
Plus: Those who worked with him at Vote Leave have a duty of care to Darren Grimes. And: Don’t try to out-stare Raab.
Henry Hill: Soubry calls for government of ‘national unity’… with the separatists
Also: May pledges no hard border on visit to Ulster; Williamson plans to compensate troops for SNP tax hikes; Welsh Assembly to rebrand; and more.
Garvan Walshe: Mueller is closing in on Watergate II – this time with Russian spies in place of Nixon’s homegrown goons
Trump asks us to believe Putin’s denial that Russian military intelligence did the job for him. And who wouldn’t believe those two honest men?
Rebecca Lowe: What does it really mean to ‘stand up for your principles’?
The phrase tends to get thrown around as if it means something undeniably and wholly positive, but it’s more complicated than that.
Robert Halfon: A second referendum would be an insult to the people, a stunt worthy of a banana republic
Plus: Why it’s unfair to misrepresent Poland’s history; and the joy of a good book and a large cigar.
James Frayne: A second referendum? The poll data suggests Greening’s idea would be a total disaster for the Conservatives
The British left are somewhat more open to the idea, but the Conservative Party’s members and voters would not wear the proposal
Nicky Morgan: Once again, we split over Europe. Once again, we undermine our leader. We Conservatives are set to repeat the same failed cycle. Will we never learn?
We are re-proving that ‘we learn from history that we do not learn from history’.
Lewis Baston: 1966 and all that – the role of football in British politics
From Wilson to Major, and from general elections to devolution referendums, the beautiful game has played an important role for decades.
Iain Dale: How I broke the news to Davis that Johnson had resigned
Plus: Why hasn’t May done a single interview about her Brexit plan since last Friday? And: Take a bow, Gareth Southgate and company.
Henry Hill: Bradley accused of wanting civil servants to act as ministers
Also: Williamson investigating amnesty for Ulster veterans; front-runner for Welsh First Minister floats new taxes; and SNP attack new Big Ben decorations.
Alex Morton: British Conservatives should beware Trump, but we can also learn from him
The President, and the wider rise of right-wing populism around the world, offers us some examples of what to do – and what not to do.
Daniel Hannan: My view of May’s new Brexit plan. It’s just about better than No Deal. But now a line in the sand must be drawn.
Preparing for no deal ought therefore to be our national priority – cuts in corporate and personal taxes, removal of regulations, openness to global business.
Howard Flight: This Conservative Government has slipped towards socialism – the rot must be stopped
The tax take is at its highest ever, and yet the Government is looking at ways to raise yet more taxes.
James Frayne: No, there won’t be any political bounce from English success at the World Cup
The tendency of people in politics to think of everything through a political prism is mistaken. The star dust of sporting triumph does not rub off on politicians.