Today’s Covid anniversary and the freedom gap

During the last year, we’ve learned much about the Government – but far more about ourselves.

Richard Ritchie: Historic parliamentary debates show there was no mandate for mass immigration

Without passing judgement on the views of another era, it is clear that MPs never envisioned the sort of inflow we have seen in the decades since.

David Gauke: Is Britain really set to become a low tax, less regulated, free trading, buccaneering country?

Despite a surprisingly liberal migration policy, the bulk of the post-Brexit evidence so far suggests not.

Stephen Booth: Opportunities for an agile, creative Britain from Brexit – as spelt out by former Remainers

Lidington writes that “the UK has the potential to be world-leading in areas such as fintech, life sciences, artificial intelligence and genetic modification”.

Britain’s music industry, the EU, the UK – and an early entry for Frost’s inbox

He is well-placed to knock on the doors of individual member states, as the Government and the Union lock horns over free movement.

“We have been terrific at pure research, and useless at translational research.” What our industrial strategy should aim to change.

The best way of thinking about it isn’t to fix one’s gaze on direct subsidies, but to look wider – at our failure to turn British ideas into British prosperity.

We wish the new President all the best as he starts but fear that his term won’t end well

It would take a political genius of Mount Rushmore proportions to restore civic peace to America and Biden, for all his good qualities, isn’t one.

Lord Ashcroft: For many voters, America’s election was not about Biden – but a referendum on Trump

The new President’s problems will begin right at the start with whatever he decides to do next.

Profile. Kwarteng Unchained. The rise, wobble and rise of the big, bold, bright new Business Secretary

As soon as the emphasis shifts from surviving the pandemic to reviving the economy, he will become a key figure.

Will Holloway: The challenges awaiting Ministers and MPs as Parliament returns today

With Brexit done and vaccinations continuing, a major mission will be Johnson’s commitment to deliver levellling-up.

Auto-rant, bullshit and self-pity. The conspiracists who stormed the senate. And their right-wing equivalents here.

We feel the power of American culture in Britain – and the shock-jockery, coat-trailing, and oppositional mindset that comes with it. 

The Deal in Detail 5) Immigration

The fifth of a series of pieces from Policy Exchange looking at specific issues that arise from the Brexit trade deal.

Ambitious, energetic, but quiet on the culture wars – a year on from Johnson’s “stonking” majority, what have we learned?

From managing the pandemic, to trying to spark a green industrial revolution, the Prime Minister has taken on an enormous number of projects.

Alberto Costa: There are too many barriers to Britishness. Post-Brexit, it’s time for a more welcoming citizenship policy.

A positive agenda would encourage those whom we are now seeking to attract to take that extra step.

Benjamin Obese-Jecty: How to take back control of the narrative about foreign national offender deportations

The Government would do well to make clear from the outset that those being deported are not British citizens, and detail their crimes.