Alex King: The Remainers’ notion that Brexit is founded on dreams of empire is a tired fantasy

Ironically, a major reason the UK joined the EEC – a club of former colonial powers – was the hope of preserving imperial clout.

Let’s turn Railways Day into Scrap HS2 Day

“How would you feel if we spent the money on local transport links in the Midlands and the north?’’ Gove asked Conservative MPs last year.

WATCH: Banks 2) He says the focus on him is “about undermining Article 50”

The founder of Leave.EU claims that “very vicious Labour MPs” have “grouped together with the Guardian and the FT”.

McDonnell is more dangerous than Corbyn – not just because he’s more extreme, but because he is more intelligent

Even the Labour Party itself seems aware that the Shadow Chancellor is visibly more wily than his leader.

Atkins’ careful and considered words on trans issues must not be howled down

Her comments on gender reassignment treatments are mild and responsibly-phrased. But some are starting up the outrage bus.

James Frayne: As the Guardian pushes for the Left, will the Mail do the same for the Right?

The former’s readership has risen. The latter’s leadership is changing. What will this and other changes mean for our political culture?

Daniel Hannan: Political clickbait is Fleet Street’s addiction, and the nation’s problem

The trend fuels harmful misrepresentations and myths. It might bring in ad revenue, but it harms the fabric of our democracy.

Chloe Westley: The reason the left want to ban me from TV is they fear they would lose a true battle of ideas

Socialist organisations have vastly more money and staff than those campaigning for lower taxes and smaller state, but they still cannot accept debate.

Iain Dale: Anti-semitism – and how Corbyn is vanishing into the deep pit he has dug for himself

Plus: Mugabe wrecked Zimbabwe. Tommy Robinson – and how Batten is wrecking UKIP. Can Farage save it?

Dear Conservative Party member, you are now an important person

The Prime Minister is set to lobby you about her new Brexit plan. Will she and Johnson be undertaking rival tours?

Iain Dale: May, the Eric Dier of Downing Street, steps up to take that fifth penalty

Plus: The Sports Minister speaks to a stranger on the tube. Phone-in callers back Universal Credit. And: It’s Coming Home, It’s Coming Home, It’s Coming Home…

Storm in a vodka glass

If overcome by the belief that Putin bought the referendum, our advice is to lie down in a dark room until the feeling goes away.

Peter Franklin: Physician, heal thyself; think tanks, re-think thyselves

Onward seems set to propound the liberal and Freer the libertarian versions of the globalist agenda. Where does that leave the anti-globalist voters who now back the Tories?

The best way to protect the freedom of the press would be to repeal Section 40 for good

Watson et al lost today, but they will inevitably return. The Government should honour its pledge to delete the preferred weapon against free expression.

WATCH: Wallace and Jones clash over the ‘hostile environment’ policy towards illegal immigration

“Are you seriously saying we should not have a system that checks whether people are legitimately in this country?” our Executive Editor asks the Guardian columnist.