Phillip Lee: Dear Sophie – don’t quit the Conservative Party, stay and fight against Brextremism

The former Justice Minister writes an open letter to a young activist, urging her to reconsider her defection to the Liberal Democrats.

Interview: Andrea Jenkyns – “Prime Ministers keep their jobs if they keep their promises”

The Morley and Outwood MP says that her constituents want the Brexit they voted for – and asks why Downing Street accuses Leavers but not Remainers of “bullying”.

WATCH: Benn — talk of “extensions” to Article 50 process “is not about undermining the referendum result”

The chairman of the Exiting the EU Committee emphasises that “we haven’t started negotiating on our future economic relationship” with the EU.

The triggering of Article 50 came top as the Political Event of the Year in our survey

The lacklustre General Election campaign was consigned to second place. Donald Trump’s inauguration was a distant third.

Garvan Walshe: Could Poland’s populist assault on the judiciary happen here?

The modern state is intended to restrain those who seek a monopoly on power. Such people naturally resent it when that system works.

Henry Newman: A major update of the Government’s Brexit programme is overdue

The clock is ticking, and business and the public need to see that the Government is gripping the complexities of the process.

Christopher Howarth: Osborne, Umunna and the CBI are offering a bridge to nowhere, not a bridging agreement

Having attacked EEA membership as a bad deal during the referendum, they now pretend it is a good idea in the hope of preventing Brexit.

The Repeal Bill’s Scottish challenge is political, not constitutional

The Supreme Court recently made it very clear that the courtesies built into devolution do not diminish the sovereignty of Parliament.

Richard Ritchie: Ten Lenten confessions about Brexit

It is incumbent on all of us who have participated in the EU debate, on both sides, to confess to some sins and omissions.

James Frayne: These negotiations will tell the world a lot about the EU

Is it interested in reforming to tackle its long-term problem? Will it let deals be held to ransom by Spain and Wallonia? Will it finally start taking security seriously? The next few years will tell us.

WATCH: Wallace debates Article 50 – “People who thought themselves powerless get to see the powerful do what they want”

Our Executive Editor also pays tribute to those Remainers who have “done the grown-up thing” by accepting the result.

WATCH: The Prime Minister’s Commons statement: “We can together make a success of this moment”

The Prime Minister presents the news that she has triggered Article 50 to MPs.

WATCH: Sir Tim Barrow arrives at the Europa building with the Article 50 letter

The UK’s Permanent Representative to the European Union will deliver it to Donald Tusk shortly.

A truly historic moment. Today we start the process of leaving the EU.

It’s a day to think of the people who dreamed of it and the people who dreaded it alike. And to embrace the renewal of our democracy.

May’s Article 50 statement: “Now that the decision has been made to leave the EU, it is time to come together.”

“It is my fierce determination to get the right deal for every single person in this country.”