Daniel Hannan: Lord Frost’s speech yesterday exposed the staggering petulance of Britain’s Euro-zealots

A section of the commentariat was so unbalanced by the referendum result that it now automatically sides with the EU.

Howard Flight: It’s time Conservative MPs opposed the Treasury’s spending bandwagon

Politicians and civil servants need to relearn that the route to lower taxes lies in sustained economic growth and discipline on public expenditure.

Garvan Walshe: Germany’s new government may get tougher on Russia and China. Which would suit ours. But there’s a snag.

Ministers must grasp that this new one will be even more disposed to conduct its foreign policy through the EU.

Stephen Booth: So you thought Global Britain meant nothing much? Think again as AUKUS takes shape.

One of the major question marks against Brexit was whether it would see the UK lose its influence over global affairs. This alliance suggests no.

Jon Moynihan and Christopher Howarth: Now Truss should deploy Britain’s Brexit dividend – all the way from aid to trade

Anti-corruption and cementing new treaties should take precedence over softer fashionable favourites.

WATCH: The AUKUS deal “is not exclusionary or adversarial towards anybody”, says Johnson

“We stand shoulder to shoulder with France in so many important ways”, the Prime Minister adds.

Olivier Guitta: Biden’s decision to snub France will weaken, not embolden, the U.S. in its dealings with China

The AUKUS alliance will merely push away France, which has been one of the most sanguine countries to oppose China’s influence.

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific. A tilt to it, yes. A lunge, no.

Putin’s Russia is closer to home – remember the Salisbury attack – and Islamist extremism is already here.

Sarah Ingham: “Yes Please” to Nuclear Power

The only way the circle of net zero can be squared with reliable, carbon-free and cheap supply is by embracing home-grown nuclear power.

John Furbisher: Barnier’s sensational road to Damascus – or rather from Brussels – over the EU and immigration

The EU’s former chief Brexit negotiator has suggested that France needs a “constitutional shield” to disregard the European Court of Justice.

Threatening the £54 million border enforcement deal with France is a desperate move

Patel’s frustration is understandable, but it would surely just see even more crossings – and her successor offer the cash again.

John Baron: We need a new defence alliance with other allies as well as the United States

In tandem with countries like Canada, Australia, New Zealand and France, we should consider a stronger humanitarian-orientated alliance which has teeth.

Profile: The Foreign Office, damaged by the retreat from Kabul, but free at last of Blairite illusions

Sir Anthony Eden offers the great modern warning: an expert who lacked the mental robustness to cope at the highest level.

David Lidington: There’s no alternative to our American alliance. But we also need a new strategic relationship with our European allies.

A lot can be done through NATO structures like the Northern Group that brings together its members and partner countries.

Bella Wallersteiner: Why we shouldn’t be vaccinating children against Covid

Doing so won’t get us to the promised land of herd immunity, and may well compromise their immuno-response systems.