Whatever happened to the Big Society? 2) Jesse Norman: What it is – and why it matters

We need to renew that belief, that self-belief, and that optimism – about people, about society, about freedom and about human life – more than ever.

What is a Conservative? Answers to Soubry on a postcard, please.

P.S: Only one Tory Prime Minister in recent years was “taken down” by Tory MPs. Clue: it was neither Major nor Cameron.

Kieron O’Hara: There’s no good reason why Royals – or MPs – should be representative of the people

Parliament is not, should not be and probably cannot be a faithful reflection of the flux that confuses us in daily life.

George Currie: Air quality is a Conservative issue

We have a duty to honour the inter-generational contract articulated by Edmund Burke.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Scruton’s European ideal poses unsettling questions

What about those who worship different gods, those who delight in civil rights movements, those mothers who want to go out to work?

Carswell. Energetic, honest – and with no idea of how the world actually works

Taking out the middle man is what the Protestant reformers promised to do, and Carswell is in his way a very Protestant figure.

Daniel Hannan: The hip hop musical that revitalises a star of the American Revolution

Jefferson may have had the better lines, but Hamilton got the big calls right – and now he has the more stirring verses, too.

May is far more comprehensible than the press will admit

Her refusal to gossip with journalists makes her serious.

Ken Clarke was right. MPs should vote with their consciences on Article 50.

But if they defy the referendum result, they must also accept the consequences.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Clarke delivers a tremendous Brexit swansong

Davis and Starmer said the EU referendum result must be respected, but Clarke upheld MPs’ right to defy it.

May warns Davos of globalisation’s downside – and “the cult of individualism”. Her speech: full text

“We need to recognise the way in which a more global and individualistic world can sometimes loosen the ties that bind our society together.”

May must refuse to explain the details of her Brexit plan

Otherwise she will provoke a mutiny in her own ranks.

Andrew Thorpe-Apps: The Left’s real agenda isn’t concerned with human rights – another reason why Conservatives must fight for them

We should join organisations like Amnesty International, which has made a terrible mistake on anti-semitism, to ensure that our voices are heard.

Craig Mackinlay: The Government’s tobacco taxes are driving more crime

A flourishing illegal market hurts public services, businesses, and communities across the country, which suffer when criminals are allowed to flourish by poor public policy.

Iain Dale: John Howard, Australia’s great centre-right election winner, backs Leave

Plus: John Rees-Evans’s bizarrre views. May’s flourishing line in jokes. Trump’s chances of winning. And: let Article 50 be put to a vote in Parliament and let’s get on with it.