Our survey. If there is English separatism among Conservative activists, it’s well concealed.
Eighty-five per cent say that the Union is either very or fairly important to them. Our findings are almost exactly the same as six months ago.
Ryan Bourne: How many lives will we save by choosing our own vaccination programme, not the EU’s? Let’s start at nine thousand.
It’s safe to say the UK will have saved tens of thousands of additional lives relative to going at the EU-4’s pace over the coming months.
Daniel Hannan: Ignore the Europhile sneers. Joining the Pacific bloc marks the rebirth of Global Britain.
The CPTPP is preferable to the EU because it elevates mutual recognition over harmonisation.
John Stevenson: Property tax reform is key to levelling up the country and the Conservatives’ electoral chances
Council tax and stamp duty are confusing, unpopular, unequal and unfair – so it’s time to replace them.
Our survey. Conservative activists back the Labour Party…
…In Scotland, if the Tories can’t win themselves, as the lesser of two evils. Thereby putting the Union before party advantage.
Jethro Elsden: By how much will we gain by choosing our own vaccination programme, not the EU’s? Let’s start at £100 billion.
OBR figures suggest that a £235 billion boost would be more than the most pessimistic assumptions about the economic damage of Brexit.
Victoria Hewson: Holding the Care Quality Commission to account for its failure to protect children
We trust that the Health and Social Care Committee will be looking into this in the course of its inquiry into young people’s mental health.
Benedict Rogers: It seems plausible that this brazen assault on democracy in Myanmar is driven by one man’s ambition
He’s General Min Aung Hlaing, the army’s Commander-in-Chief. Now is the time for sanctions that target the military.
Instead of EU vaccine nationalism, let’s have UK vaccine internationalism
As Johnson put it yesterday: “we can’t think of this just as a project for us and us alone”.
Richard Holden: Here in County Durham, my sense is that moderate Remainers are now saying “I’m glad we’re out”
The Prime Minister has got Brexit done and is delivering on vaccines. Meanwhile, Starmer has nothing positive to say.
Invictus: Is it time to abolish the City of London Corporation?
If it is determined to thumb its nose at the attitudes of the majority, perhaps it would be better to take this cultural revolution to its logical conclusion.
Our survey. Johnson’s vaccine bounce. Over three in five party members believe he’s handling Covid well.
That’s the first time he’s cleared 50 per cent since August – and only the third time in a year that his score on this question has risen.
John Redwood: Let’s hear more debate about how the Church of England enjoys its privileges
The Archbishop of Canterbury misunderstands the origins of the EU, which were drawn from Germany’s zollverein – not Christian social teaching.
As the Treasury digs in on Eat Out to Help Out, its critics are fighting an uphill battle
New figures seem to bolster the claim that the policy which turned ‘Rishi’ into a household name it didn’t drive infections. Don’t expect him to recant it.
David Gauke: The UK, the EU, vaccines – and future relations. Here, jingoistic politicians. There, Trumpian ones. Bodes badly.
The EU’s triggering of Article 16 is premature, provocative and sets a precedent that will be cited by those unwilling to accept the consequences of the Protocol.