Imogen Sinclair: Burke offers a solution to the decline of community
Increasingly there is a recognition that the little platoons can alleviate a range of modern social ills.
James Cooper: Turbo-charging trade is about products, not productivity
We should be encouraging business to develop high-value, high-quality products that the world wants to buy. Every department must turn its hand to this task.
Damian Green: Labour’s dishonest attack on us this week will only work if we narrow our appeal
The Conservative Party has been at the forefront of reforms which have helped the disadvantaged. Modern history is full of evidence of this vital strain of conservatism.
John Baron: Johnson must keep calm, carry on – and reject the Withdrawal Agreement
The Government’s policy of reminding the electorate that it is keeping faith with the largest democratic exercise in our country’s political history is correct.
Chris Skidmore: Creating the next Stanford or MIT of the future – right here in Britain
I’m delighted that the Government is today unveiling 20 new University Enterprise Zones. These new UEZs will be based in universities right across the country.
Richard Bingley: Five pillars of higher education success driven by Conservative reforms
Since 2010 the Tories have helped to drive forward transformational change – but Labour’s half-baked plan to abolish tuition fees could put it all at risk.
David Shiels: Will the DUP move?
In the end, it may well prefer to hold out for a general election – and the likelihood of a Brexit delay – in the hope that something better turns up.
Bob Seely: How Iran is seeking to hit the West where it hurts – at the petrol pumps
Even Monday’s one-off attack will add 20 cents to petrol prices. In the US, that will cost families an extra $18 a month at the petrol pump.
Richard Ritchie: It is futile to ask where political giants of old would have stood in today’s chaos
Over the past few decades our constitution has been so corroded that the likes of Powell, Benn, Crossman, and Foot would struggle to recognise it.
Jenny Jackson: A winning Conservative NHS manifesto would focus on life’s first thousand days
They frame the rest of our life in terms of health and prosperity. Public policy needs to catch up with this new body of evidence.
Kirsty Finlayson: Conservation should be a conservative issue
The new British Conservation Alliance will break the left-wing monopoly on environmental issues.
Ranil Jayawardena: The free school programme is good. Let’s make it outstanding.
The criteria for new schools have been squeezed too much – children who deserve the chance of a great education are missing out as a result.
Richard Short: Willink would have approved of harnessing American expertise to serve the NHS
If he was alive today, Sir Henry Willink would have been an enthusiastic supporter of a comprehensive US/UK trade deal.
David Trimble: We can do better than the backstop. Why the Withdrawal Agreement breaches the terms of the Belfast Agreement.
The Commission is negotiating the terms of the UK’s withdrawal; yet the subject matter on which we are all stuck is not entirely within the jurisdiction of the EU.
Peter Bone: Why the next Speaker must be biased – not impartial
He or she should be totally prejudiced in favour of Brexit, and this should overrule the usual priority of putting Parliament before the Executive.