Sorry, Matthew, but there’s a Centre Party already – Johnson’s Conservatives

The centre isn’t where he or ConservativeHome or anyone else wants it to be. It’s where it is – “Far From Notting Hill”.

Robert Palmer: To support the levelling up agenda, the Government should follow Biden’s plan to tackle corporate tax avoidance

Voters across the political spectrum are united in their wish to see more done here.

Nick Fletcher: After the pandemic, large companies need to take more corporate responsibility

Amazon should not be allowed to further undermine the high street with soulless, automated shops that the public neither need nor want.

Tracey Follows: Vaccine passports just the start of a digital identity revolution. Here’s what you need to know.

The truth is that all nations are becoming digital nations, and their digital citizens will require access to digital services.

Neil O’Brien: Lessons we can learn from fast-growing countries to help us to grow faster

Japan, Korea, Taiwan and now China, have all invested heavily in new technologies – through government support for new industries.

Stephen Booth: Now our own Government says it may trigger Article 16 in Northern Ireland. Is the move a bluff? Or is it for real?

The EU’s missteps over the last week have provided an excellent opportunity to seek changes to the Protocol that might provide for a more durable settlement.

Daniel Hannan: If a restaurant can refuse to serve you, Amazon can refuse to host Parler

Likewise, if a cruise ship wants proof of vaccination before you board, it should have the right to. Here’s why.

Ryan Bourne: “Levelling the playing field” is no argument for an online sales tax

Wind and nuclear power both produce electricity. But if someone said we needed a tax on wind power to subsidise nuclear, you’d think they were mad.

Neil O’Brien: Like fax machines, pagers and your old macarena CD, it’s time to bin the 1990s

The ideas of that decade are still with us, staggering around like a zombie in a garish “Global Hypercolor” t-shirt.

Face masks: Is Johnson hostage to peer pressure?

The Government is under pressure to tell the public to wear face masks. But if there’s not enough evidence, why?

Ryan Bourne: The upside-world of virus economics. And why we free marketeers must adapt our usual ways of thinking.

The theoretical aim of policy then should be bridging over what is hopefully a short pause in activity – eliminating near-term distress for households and businesses.

Robert Halfon: Beware, fellow MPs. Once we’ve left the Palace of Westminster, we may never return.

Plus: Is a stronger Labour Leader better for the Conservatives? And: Amazing Amazon advertising.

Ryan Bourne: Why billionaries are a sign of a fair society

It stretches credulity to just assume that rent-seeking or uncompetitive markets account for all British top wealth.

Rory Stewart: Of course there’s a climate emergency. Here’s a wide-ranging Conservative programme to tackle it.

Saving our planet will require a very eclectic bunch of policies. The task calls for moral courage and grinding common-sense.

Andy Street: A message to the Chancellor. Tax Amazon more and small businesses less.

Nevertheless, tax alone won’t solve our challenge. Instead we must reshape the high street experience – as we’re starting to do in the West Midlands.