David Frost: The Northern Ireland Protocol is damaging the peace was designed to protect. And so must be revised.

We need to deliver a more robust, and more balanced, outcome than we could in 2019.

Stephen Booth: Both sides must accept that substantive change is necessary for the Northern Ireland Protocol

The negative economic and political real-world consequences of implementing the Protocol cannot be what either intended.

Stephen Booth: Switzerland’s painstaking negotiations with the EU tell us a lot about our future relationship with Brussels

We can expect greater divergence, whether we like it or not, and should focus on our diplomatic relationships outside the bloc.

Loyalist alienation

Political leadership is needed in Belfast no less than in London – in some respects, even more so.

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.