Trump will soon lead what is still the most powerful country in the world, and we shouldn’t break with it until or unless we have to.
It’s easy, even comforting, to stick a simple narrative onto the election result. But it would be a mistake.
He governed in the shadow of Reagan, and lost his re-election bid. But he achieved much at home, even more abroad – and makes Trump look like a moral dwarf.
It would be more cost-effective and more fair to adjust the planned increases in the income tax personal allowance.
I have two such schools in my constituency. But I don’t share the enthusiasm of some of my colleagues for lifting the ban.
The campaign against the paper is not so much about a headline last week, but about shifting the balance of media power to the left.
The present accounting rate is wrong, and the Government should intervene if necessary to ensure that it is put right.
I believe that officers at all levels should be elected at a general meeting following as soon as is practical after a general election.
The balance of the argument is against one as matters stand. But May will have no alternative but to go to the country if Parliament frustrates Brexit or her negotiation.
And on Brexit, as one who campaigned for In, I say we should get on with it, and avoid the one outcome that is infinitely less preferable to Leave or Remain: limbo.
Whether or not May wants an early election is beside the point: recent events illustrate why governments shouldn’t be imprisoned in office.
The decision of the EU to restrict Switzerland’s access to scientific funding after they voted to limit freedom of movement sets a worrying precedent.
It flows from the Crown-in-Parliament, so support for it is entirely compatible with advocating Parliamentary sovereignty.
The key point at stake is not what Parliament has a right to do, but what it is wise to do – in the wake of the most emphatic popular vote in modern history.
Plus, what kind of Brexit do you want? And how do you rate the performance of each member of the Cabinet so far?