Lord Ashcroft: “If Trump loses…he can run again.” My American election focus groups in Pennsylvania and Arizona.
“Trump lies a lot and Biden’s kind of not all there.” And it’s less than a week to go until voting day.”
Johnson’s quiet shift to a more permissive migration policy
He is averse to using numbers as the main instrument of control – perhaps viewing them as an arbitrary measure of success.
Why we should “have enough of experts” – the SAGE advisers and Great Barrington signatories alike
It’s important to have advisers, but “advisers advise and Ministers decide” – because the latter are accountable to the rest of us.
Profile: Liz Truss, Perky promoter of free trade with Japan – and, like Johnson, a disruptor
With her odd mixture of indiscretion and obedience, her contempt for liberal groupthink and love of freedom, she in many ways a useful ally.
Stephen Booth: The Brexit trade talks, the romance and realities of fishing, and its crucial importance for Scotland
Macron has been steadfast in his belief that the EU should stand firm on access to UK waters. He may be forced to compromise, however.
Gerald Howarth: To ensure post-Brexit success, the Government must bolster Britain’s military power
Furthermore, increasing global tensions make improving our defence capabilities essential.
Normal relations between the Conservative leader and Conservative MPs are breaking down
Johnson’s troops are issuing declarations of intent in public. His success will depend on his ability to learn from mistakes.
Ryan Bourne: If you want to feed hungry children, don’t target food poverty. Aim to reduce poverty as a whole.
Together with tax cuts and less regulation, higher or more extensive benefits look like better support for hungry children than vouchers.
Daniel Hannan: We need Ministers’ estimate of the cost of the lockdown to lives and livelihoods
Publishing the figures will underline that Ministers are striving to be balanced. Never mind how it looks, though: better statistics will lead to better decisions.
Tobias Ellwood: The Government has helped to let Iran, a rogue state, off the leash. It’s time to rein it back in.
We should have supported an extension to the conventional arms embargo at the United Nations in August – and must back sanctions.
The case for Trump turns out to be stronger than you may think
And that Biden would doubtless be a one-term president leaves a mass of unknowns about his candidacy.
Paul Maynard: Our political problem with free school meals isn’t happening by accident. We are failing to focus on life chances.
We don’t just need to build back better with economic policy, but use the challenges of the pandemic to address social concerns too.
Graham Brady: The Government must account properly for the full cost of lockdowns, restrictions – and Covid-19 itself
Publishing this information may lead to a more realistic understanding from the public of the real costs of the current strategy.
How to ensure that disadvantaged children are fed when schools are closed
Ministers could not have handled the matter worse if they’d tried. But Paul Maynard, pictured, is championing a solution.
Richard Holden: The Japan trade deal, future CPTPP membership – deliverers of wages, prosperity and work to my Durham constituents.
They can seem remote from the everyday priorities of people here at home. But at its heart, trade is a powerful way to deliver what people really care about.