If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.
We are citizens of one of the safest countries in the world, and a genuine intelligence and security superpower.
Also: Ministry of Defence and Northern Irish Office clash over protecting ex-servicemen and police; and another bad week for Scottish Labour.
The APPG’s formula could over time cripple the UK’s successful counter-terrorism strategy and counter-terrorism operations.
Also: Will Lyra McKee’s murder in Londonderry be enough to re-start the political process in Northern Ireland? It doesn’t seem likely.
“I don’t think those murderers in Derry were motivated by any thoughts about the border or about customs arrangements.”
He was murdered by terrorists 40 years ago today. Now there is a new, exemplary biography of him.
The attack is a salutary reminder that all terrorists, by definition, believed in something and have a cause.
Also: Ministers brace for fight with SNP over ‘Stronger Towns Fund’; Scottish Government backpedalling hard on welfare devolution; and more.
We were curious to know how big the proportion of objectors would be, to which the answer is: a fifth.
It will be a significant step forward in keeping this heinous organisation from inciting hatred on our streets.
The Home Secretary is afloat on a sargasso sea of returning jihadis, human rights laws, bewildering intelligence, gaps in the law – and a shrieking media.
Speaking to many donors at the Birmingham hustings on Saturday, I found that the Foreign Secretary’s quiet assurances were more attractive to them.