When the police take the knee, the mob takes the streets
The policewoman who chanted “free, free Palestine” didn’t emerge from a vaccuum. There are big implications for public services and public space.
Richard Holden: Why Labour’s grip on seats like mine weakened. And how we can strengthen our own everywhere.
This is a story of institutions, work and habits changing out of recognition – and how we can improve our position and the country once we’re heard.
Alexander Downer: A trade deal with Australia is just the first step. It could open the door for Britain to the Asia-Pacific trading club
If Britain cannot do a trade deal with a country with which it shares a common language, history, and standards, then who can it do a deal with?
Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 2) The Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill
Our introduction to: what each Bill is, the politics of it, who’s responsible, arguments for and against – and a controversy rating out of ten.
John Redwood: The BBC is disruptive, anti-Brexit, divisive – and belittles and ignores England
It is meant to be a United Kingdom-wide institution. It should help create a sense of common culture and shared democratic conversation.
Whatever change is needed at the BBC, Dowden must ensure he reforms to conserve
The UK needs stronger national institutions, whether that be Great British Railways or the British Broadcasting Corporation.
David Gauke: My most useful day in nine years as a Minister – and its lessons for the Government on planning reform
If we really want to build more houses where the demand is greatest, we need an offer that local MPs can sell to their constituents.
Brady v Goodwill. The 1922 Chairman election isn’t just about the contenders. At its heart will be Tory MPs’ view of Johnson.
Should he be handcuffed under public restraint, like a suspect watched by Priti Patel? Or freed to run wild through Alpine meadows, like Julie Andrews?
Iain Dale: The student said men are physically stronger than women. Now she’s been referred to the Student Disciplinary Board.
Plus: Batley & Spen is no Hartlepool. LibDems eye Chesham & Amersham. And: will the West Ham variant hit Europe?
Mario Laghos: Covid reminds us of the dangers of depending on others. We would be mad to do so again – with food.
The proposed Australian trade deal risks bankrupting our farmers. The competition is unfair, their standards lower – and our consumer gain minimal.
Labour voters make Kim Leadbeater, sister of Jo Cox, early favourite in the Batley and Spen by-election
They described Johnson as a “dictator”, and want a local champion. The Conservatives have now selected their candidate.
Stephen Booth: Is the Government drawing nearer to suspending the Northern Ireland Protocol?
And the longer the impasse goes on, the stronger argument becomes that hypothetical risks to the Single Market are overriding political stability.
John Randall: The Government should back away from bioenergy. It’s expensive, harmful – and there are better, greener alternatives.
Conservatives need to be brave enough to ask the difficult questions about a technology that has more than a whiff of the emperor’s new clothes.
It would be self-defeating to dangle trade gains from Brexit only then to drop them
At the heart of the Australian decision are trade-offs rather than a trade deal, but these point to opening up our market as soon as possible.
Robert Halfon: There is no moral equivalence between the Hamas terror group and the democratic state of Israel
Behind the former is the force that drives the current conflict: the not-so-hidden hand of Iran – and its exported violence.