Flying frogs

Pro-Brexit MPs weighed a no-confidence vote in Theresa May yesterday evening. But the essential case against one remains unchanged.

Howard Flight: There must be more to Conservative Government than putting up taxes

It is the spending that needs to be controlled and reduced, rather than taxes increased yet further.

The ERG dog that didn’t bark in the Johnson-preoccupied night

A rough guide to where some of the pro-Brexit players are on further proposals for Canada Plus Plus Plus – and No Deal.

The thrills and spills of seeking the EEA port in a storm

We prefer Canada Plus Plus Plus. But a question could emerge over the next few months: is it a better option than an unmanageable No Deal – or even no Brexit at all?

Henry Newman: What will the EU look like after we have left it?

Our exit in will coincide with a new cycle of European elections which will redraw political power in the European Parliament and other EU institutions.

Garvan Walshe: Gove is setting himself up as Brexit’s Michael Collins

Not in the sense that he will be shot by his own side, but in his calculation that the best approach is to gain “the freedom to win freedom”.

Henry Hill: DUP leadership stands by Robinson as row over border poll deepens

Also: Welsh Labour MP urged to resign equalities brief over ‘homophobic bullying’ allegations; Electoral Commission drop probe into DUP; and more.

Henry Hill: The courts have called time on Bradley’s passive policy towards Ulster

Also: Welsh Tory leadership hopefuls would put pacts with other parties to the membership; unionists turn on Robinson over united Ireland comments; and more.

John O’Sullivan: A new documentary casts cold light on the true horror of IRA violence

We have missed too many opportunities to drive home the terrible consequences of terrorism and shred its romantic aura for younger generations.

Andrew Lilico: Forget the Irish Sea border. If we must have a backstop, how about a Celtic Sea border instead?

If there must be checks on goods leaving the island of Ireland, is it not more natural that they take place crossing the border where checks on persons already occur?

The Canada Plus Plus Plus answer to the Northern Ireland question

The myth has it that there never was such a plan – in fact, DexEU had a proposal to fulfil its promise of no ‘hard border’ while still overseeing a proper customs regime.

Henry Newman: Unstopping the Northern Ireland backstop, which threatens to block a deal

The Government must avoid one which can be ‘triggered’ in the event of any UK regulatory divergence on goods or agriculture.

WATCH: Davis’s first speech since his resignation. The UK/Ireland land border problem is “eminently soluble”.

The former Brexit Secretary says that the province has only six ports, and that this is key to resolving some of the difficulties

May’s new Brexit plan. There is an alternative – from within the Government itself.

We don’t claim that the EU would accept it – but neither will the Commission nor the 27 necessarily accept the Prime Minister’s new plan.

Daniel Hannan: My view of May’s new Brexit plan. It’s just about better than No Deal. But now a line in the sand must be drawn.

Preparing for no deal ought therefore to be our national priority – cuts in corporate and personal taxes, removal of regulations, openness to global business.