Stephen Booth: As the Brexit deadline nears, the UK stands strong on fishing rights, but Frost hints at movement on state aid

All eyes will be on Emmanuel Macron this week, since France has been most prepared to play hardball.

Ed McGuinness: A lesson for democracy in Europe from an abandoned airport in Cyprus

The EU is caught between making more effective decisions and compromising its smaller members’ interests.

James Frayne: Coastal towns – next for the Conservatives after the Red Wall seats. And essential for a shore-to-shore majority.

I will be returning regularly to this theme: the need to create a mainstream English and Welsh majority from shore to shore.

Anthony Browne: Are we really going to pass a law that would harm many of the world’s poorest people?

Such would be the effect of a well-intentioned but ill thought-out amendment to the Agriculture Bill that will come to the Commons tomorrow.

David Gauke: Covid-19. Conservative MPs should fear for their seats if they push for a Sweden-style policy – just as deaths are rising

If it it takes hold, people will not want to go to pubs, cinemas, shops or offices, so economic normality will be impossible anyway.

Johnson believes faith in the nation can unite lifelong Tories and traditional Labour supporters

Superior pundits fail to see the Prime Minister’s debt to Disraeli, and consider Johnson such a scoundrel they underestimate his chances of success.

Howard Flight: Venture capital? I’m loving angels instead

Much of our economic growth and job creation comes from innovation from new enterprises. Tax incentives make sense.

WATCH: Javid on an EU trade deal, local government reform, police commissioners, skills, Black Lives Matter…

The full video of ConHome’s joint event with UK in a Changing Europe for the Party Conference.

Lord Ashcroft: What my new poll of eight thousand people says about Covid-19, the two main parties, Johnson and Starmer

Challenging findings for the Prime Minister, encouraging ones for the Opposition Leader – with the economy as a key battleground.

WATCH: The Prime Minister says there are still “some difficult issues that need to be fixed” for an EU trade deal

“I don’t want the Australian/WTO outcome, particularly. But we can more than live with it.”

WATCH: Northern Ireland Secretary denies he was “thrown under a bus” over breaking international law claims

“We will ensure that Northern Ireland businesses have unfettered access to UK markets,” says Lewis.

WATCH: Raab – “Let’s rediscover our self-belief as a country.”

The Foreigin Secretary adds that “the days of being held over a barrel by Brussels … are long gone.”

Swire’s diaries help show how Johnson entered Downing Street, and has so far managed to remain there

His capacity to win some of his severest critics round, and persuade them of his “greatness of soul”, helps explain his success.

Desmond Swayne: Nigeria is independent, but it still needs Britain’s help

On the 60th anniversary of its independence from British rule, the Government must do more to stop militia groups threatening the peace of the nation.

The seven Conservative MPs who voted against renewing the Coronavirus Act

They can’t have been satisfied with the compromise reached yesterday over future votes on any changes to the Act’s provisions.