This really is the time to let the deficit grow big enough to look after itself

If, that is, interest rates carry on at rock bottom rates. But we have to take a chance on growing our way out of this crisis.

The Government should stand behind loans to small businesses in full

Ministers can carry on trying, through the British Business Bank or directly, to push on this Gordian Knot – or slice through it.

WATCH: Trump – “I’m the youngest person. I am a young, vibrant man.”

Mind you, Reagan had a riposte when he was once compared to a younger candidate…

How Trump made himself the champion of America’s Christian evangelicals

The authors of a new book trace the enduring influence of American Puritanism, and explain how the President appeals to it.

Joe Baron: Leaving the EU is a joyous expression of national self-confidence. For that, we have Thatcher to thank.

If Britain joined in a moment of self-doubt, it voted out as a confident, self-assured, optimistic, outward-looking and independent nation state.

Richard Bingley: A cyber war is on the way

Iran, accustomed to artful brinksmanship and operational deniability, and equipped with an experienced cyber army, may take its revenge online.

Ryan Bourne: Thatcher and Cameron made us happier

It really is remarkable. Every self-reported measure of wellbeing has improved near continuously in the past eight years.

Neil O’Brien: Fifty shades of conservatism

It’s a bit like the roof of Parliament’s Westminster Hall: which is held up by a lot of huge, ancient beams all resting on each other.

Ryan Bourne: Greta Thunberg and Prince Harry are wrong. Our ingenuity is the earth’s ultimate resource.

The only sustainable route to reducing carbon emissions will come precisely from the sorts of innovation that drive the “fairytales” that she bemoans.

Johnson bypasses the broadcasters to talk directly to voters

Last night’s policy announcement live on Facebook was a first experiment in new ways for the Government to communicate its message.

Lord Ashcroft: Will voters still give Johnson the benefit of the doubt? We’re about to find out.

Lessons endure from my polling study of our new Prime Minister, carried out six years ago when he was London’s Mayor.

Iain Dale: God help the UK Conservatives (so to speak) if they become religious fanatics – like the American Republicans.

Plus: The good and bad sides of Twitter – all in my week. How it may have helped to save a life. But also saw me slagged off for something I didn’t say.

Gareth Lyon: In Aldershot and North Hampshire, voters have got more receptive. Why? Because Brexit’s out of the news.

So could the Government please try to keep it that way until the local elections are done and dusted next week?

A day to honour George Herbert Walker Bush

This article was originally published on the anniversary of the former President’s election. We re-issue it today as news comes of his death.

Nicky Morgan: We all gain when our politicians have some time and space to think

It is madness to think that our leaders aren’t entitled to go on holiday and gain a bit of perspective.