The case for a new treason offence

Ministers believe that the present legal framework isn’t fit for purpose if prosecutions of returning terrorists are to be successful. 

Where is the Conservatives’ Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission?

The Court of Appeal’s judgement in the Begum case is a reminder of wider issues – and the pledge in last December’s manifesto.

Hugo de Burgh: We owe it to future generations of Brits to work with China

It is our third largest market – we must work with it if we are to help resolve global problems from the environment to nuclear proliferation.

Richard Ekins: How the Supreme Court has empowered Gerry Adams to sue the Government – and seek damages

Worse, its judgement has knock-on implications for the effectiveness of government. Urgent corrective legislation is needed.

Owen Paterson: Cameron’s Coalition was formed ten years ago today. It left us a message of hope that we should honour.

As a member of his first Cabinet, I was tested in Northern Ireland – as elsewhere the new government reduced the defict and reformed public services.

Keelan Carr: That sinking feeling. The ups, stresses and downs of writing speeches for a Prime Minister.

When the brief is, for example, a speech to commemorate Armistice Day or World AIDS Day, the challenge is even more intense.

Daniel Bruce: Why the new Dfid and Foreign Office team must lead the way in tackling aid corruption

Let’s use ever-increasing intelligence – and stop the flow of dirty money out of poor countries.

“The shocking influence of lawyers on policy”

The Government seems to be gearing up for a big fight over human rights laws in the wake of the Streatham terror attack.

Julian Brazier: Volunteers can help protect us from terror

Security needs to become a responsibility of the nation, not just government’s professional forces.

We need strategic clarity. What poses the greater danger to Britain – Iranian aggression abroad or Sunni extremism here?

Johnson, Macron and Merkel don’t agree on everything, but they share a common concern about ISIS now being allowed the space to revive.

John Jenkins: Too many excuses are made for Iran – especially by the EU. We must get real, stand with America, and take decisive action.

I’m glad to see we’ve now had the guts to stop a tanker we believe is smuggling Iranian oil in defiance of sanctions on Syria.

“Old threats return as new ones emerge.” Javid’s New Scotland Yard speech – full text

We are citizens of one of the safest countries in the world, and a genuine intelligence and security superpower.

Tom Wilson: How this Islamophobia definition would weaken the Government’s counter-terror strategy

The second in a mini-series of three pieces on this site about anti-Muslim prejudice – and what the Government and Party should do about it.

Richard Walton: This Islamophobia definition would, if adopted by Ministers, pose problems for national security

The APPG’s formula could over time cripple the UK’s successful counter-terrorism strategy and counter-terrorism operations.

Mohammed Amin: The New Zealand atrocity – and the symbiotic relationship between anti-Muslim and Islamist terrorists

The attack is a salutary reminder that all terrorists, by definition, believed in something and have a cause.