Emily Carver: If our choices are lawful, can we really trust the state to judge which ones will harm us?
Much like a parent intent on disciplining their naughty child, this Government’s preferred policy tool seems to be prohibition.
Michael Adam: Going for goal. The Government’s football review – and why it matters.
No-one would have predicted recent events, but a generational opportunity now exists to improve the financial sustainability and governance of the game.
Sunak’s timing was wrong, but his view was right. We must learn to live with Covid.
As matters stand, there is no convincing reason why normality should be delayed beyond the end of July.
The Moggcast: “It was essential that democracy was viewed as important to the running of the country as having the NHS working.”
The Leader of the House on how the House of Commons has scrutinised the Government during the pandemic.
Francesca Fraser: Foreign Direct Investment. To level up, our regions need a bigger share of it – and London a smaller one.
Ministers should consider whether the UK possesses the tools needed to shape the flow of FDI into the UK, given our new freedoms outside of the EU.
After the Brexit Party, could the Conservatives crack the Red Wall in South Wales?
Labour enjoys huge majorities in this heartland of heartlands, but there are a few seats where the Tories are slowly getting competitive.
Israel/Palestine. America has moved on (and moved out).
Like the bloody struggle between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, this conflict has the capacity to spill over onto our streets.
Chris Skidmore: Student finance? It’s the interest rate, stupid.
Never mind that such a person would never pay off what they owe: the eye-watering fact is that interest itself becomes 68 per cent of the total debt.
Peter Lynas: The Government is digging itself deep into trouble over conversion therapy
So it has committed to banning something it is reluctant to define, and ending something that is already unlawful.
Snap guide to this session’s Government legislation 1) The Online Harms 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.
Andrew Selous: How to green our homes
Moving the legacy costs of renewable energy subsidies off electricity bills will make heat pumps up to £200 a year cheaper to run,
Poots and Faulkner
Unlike the former Ulster Unionist leader, the new DUP one is set to stick with his voter and party base. But you never know.
Sarah Ingham: Fat is a lockdown issue
The State continues to restrict personal freedom in a bid, it claims, to save life, while trying to avoid spelling out the risks to life caused by excess weight.
Target South Yorkshire. Eleven seats in which the Conservatives are well placed for the next election.
Eight of the eleven in which the Brexit Party performed well in 2019 are in this Labour heartland urban area.
Iain Dale: Until Labour stops telling voters they’re wrong, racist, or stupid, it will continue to decline
Plus: Preparation for interviews about Israel and Palestine – well, I don’t call it preparation: I call it avoiding making a tit of yourself.