Daniel Hannan: British and Continental systems of politics and law are fundamentally incompatible

Without that difference, Brexit would not have happened.

Anthony Coughlan: Why Brexit should be accompanied by Irexit

Economically and psychologically, Ireland is closer to Boston than Berlin, and to Britain than Germany.

Sanjoy Sen: What’s driving Peugeot’s proposed Vauxhall takeover?

The tie-up may appeal to the French company more from the perspective of neutralising a rival and preventing it falling into, say, Chinese hands than any wider synergy.

Richard Black: Now is the time for the UK to lead NATO

We should not only meet our spending minimum, but exceed it in order to maximise our vital strategic and tactical needs.

Iain Duncan Smith: Family breakdown is too big a problem to ignore any longer

Children lose out, and there’s a knock-on elder care, too.

May should be generous to EU citizens in Britain. But her stance is right – and her opponents’ rhetoric overblown.

Some of the distress of those in question has been caused by diehard Remainers, who are stirring up as much alarm as possible about Brexit regardless of the human cost.

“German intelligence has warned that the Kremlin seeks to influence this year’s elections.” Fallon’s speech on Russia: full text

“We hope that it abides by the Minsk agreements, curbs the reckless military activity, and ditches the misinformation.”

Philip Baldwin: How to sustain the City of London when we leave the EU

A major risk and a priority in the negotiations must be maintaining the EU’s system of financial passporting for British institutions.

John Penrose: Why post-Brexit Britain will need a sovereign wealth fund

It should be used to pay for what we owe in our pensions and benefits system – and thus provide more inter-generational justice.

Nick Timothy breaks the news to May that the first British journalist to interview President-elect Trump is…Michael Gove

It’s a scoop for the man she sacked. And, over at the Foreign Office, what will a certain fellow-journalist be thinking…?

Dominic Raab: This new year. Turbulence in Europe, but progress worldwide – and golden opportunities for Britain

Quietly, public support for getting on with delivering Leave will continue to swell.

The Joy of Brex

2016 has been a great year for Britain. 2017 may be slower going.

George Maggs: Why the Left tends to march, rally and protest – and the Right does not

Only by accepting that we all hold moral positions can we hope to generate a more conciliatory and less hostile political environment.

Terror shakes democracies, but leaves autocrats unstirred

Our own security services have managed superbly. But a danger thwarted is not a danger ended.

Iain Duncan Smith: In office, I worked to tackle the roots of poverty. My new mission is to deal with those of low productivity.

The Centre for Social Justice, which I am now chairing once again, is turning its attention to the quality of growth and jobs.