Mohammed Amin: It is time to abandon the word “Islamophobia”
It is damaged beyond repair by poor definitions, confusion and misuse. The term harms Muslims.
Ed Hall: We can win back car manufacturers if we adapt to the huge changes overtaking the industry
Both traditional vehicles and traditional ownership patterns are set to become a thing of the past. We must not let Brexit cloud our eyes to what really need to be done.
James Bundy: A Department for the Union would strengthen our United Kingdom
It would be responsible for promoting the British brand right across the country – and there is a lot to promote.
John Strafford: The Conservative Party no longer belongs to its members. No wonder it faces an existential crisis.
If we do not leave the E.U. on terms that are acceptable to the members of the Party, large numbers will leave it. Here’s how we got here.
Holly Whitbread: Promoting parental responsibility is the key to addressing anti-social behaviour
Young people must have a sense of active citizenship. A reassertion of respect for authority figures is needed.
Charlotte Salomon: Introducing the childcare loan
Parents could choose to stretch childcare payments over time whilst they continue earning the salary they deserve.
Matt Smith: After two decades of devolution, Wales needs defending from its own leaders
Cardiff Bay has incubated an insular cartel whose hostility to reform is delivering public apathy and policy failure.
Mark Lehain: Gove was right to support headteachers over excluded pupils
Halfon is wrong to attribute the rise in school exclusion rates to any disregard for those affected.
Richard Ehrman: How building beautiful homes can make good economic sense
The key to better quality and design is to go one step further back to the developers’ raw material – land.
Sanjoy Sen: Motorists and manufacturers need more coherent vehicle regulation
With Westminster, Holyrood, and City Hall all setting overlapping rules, confusion and expense are sure to follow.
Will Tanner: Labour’s war on free schools would be a direct attack on social mobility
Rayner’s hostility to academies runs against both the interests and preferences of parents and pupils alike.
Nadhim Zahawi: Business has its role to play in the fight against illiteracy
This issue is too important for us to let it be distorted by out-of-date socialist attitudes towards the private sector.
Richard Tice: Robbins must go – the EU negotiations need a fresh face
He has become emblematic of the failed status quo. We need someone who believes in Brexit.
Henry Newman and Guglielmo Verdirame: It’s unlikely the backstop will be scrapped. But supplementing it can win what we want.
Even if the Exchange of Letters were viewed as just short of a treaty, it would be far from legally worthless.
Graham Brady: My amendment is still the best way to ensure that we get a proper Brexit
The Withdrawal Agreement is far from ideal, but strip it of its worst fault – the backstop – and we can build a viable majority to proceed.