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.

Stephen Booth: Now our own Government says it may trigger Article 16 in Northern Ireland. Is the move a bluff? Or is it for real?

The EU’s missteps over the last week have provided an excellent opportunity to seek changes to the Protocol that might provide for a more durable settlement.

Andrew Rosindell: How close we came to waking up in the backstop

If the Spartans hadn’t held out against the pleas of our colleagues then Britain would have been trapped in a customs union with no way out.

A Brexit trade deal that takes back control

Or so it really seems – which is a personal coup for Johnson. Churchill walked with destiny.  Today, the Prime Minister, in his serio-comic way, is winking at it.

Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. What we are and aren’t committed to in order to help bring about a level playing field

The Political Declaration approves non-regression but not dynamic alignment – elements of which the EU has backed off from.

The biggest decision has already been taken. We have left the EU. So let’s treat whatever comes next as an opportunity.

If no good deal comes and No Deal happens, the option of a return to EU membership is no longer on the table.

John Redwood: Why we would be better off with No Deal

Here’s how can now use our freedoms as we leave – assuming there is no last-minute wish to be sensible by the EU and agree a free trade deal.

David Gauke: If Johnson goes for a Brexit trade deal, as he should, he should also go for a further implementation period.

Closing the transition period at the end of the year will cause even greater problems than necessary.

Tom Harris: Scottish Labour’s continuing capitulation to nationalism reeks of political desperation

It seems to gaze upon the SNP’s seemingly unstoppable rise and conclude that Sturgeon’s party is doing something right.

Roderick Crawford: The EU must drop its maximalist approach to the Northern Ireland Protocol

From the start, the trade bloc has not fully understood the Belfast Agreement and has been slow to see that it undermined many of its positions.

Six months on from last year’s general election, it’s only the LibDems who bang on about Europe

The CBI supports the Government’s timetable and Starmer is keeping his head down. It is quite the turnaround.

Roderick Crawford: Brexit and trade. Here’s a grand bargain to open the way to a final agreement.

Specific governance arrangements can be established in individual areas, and an agreement should sit outside the overarching institutional framework.

Shanker Singham: As Johnson prepares to talk to Von der Leyen, here’s how to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol

Like it or not, the EU agreed to two customs territories on the island of Ireland – and a solution to the disagreement flows from that fact.

Daniel Hannan: The Coronavirus. Our instincts are likelier to push us into over-reacting than the reverse.

One of the most dangerous sequences in politics goes like this. “Something must be done. Here’s something. Let’s do it.”

Liam Fox: Why Britain and the EU can reach a trade deal this year

Harmonisation flies in the face of global trends towards equivalence rather than the highly legalistic regulatory formula favoured by the Union.