Iain Dale: Let’s hear it for the private sector and hear less about a bigger state
McDonnell wanted a state-run pharmaceutical industry. So now we will never know how it would got on with producing Covid vaccines.
Henry Hill: Another week that shows unionists need new weapons against Sturgeon’s revenant SNP
Surely they have seen enough zombie films to know that pumping yet more bullets into a zombie doesn’t work. Fresh tactics, not ‘more powers’, are needed.
Garvan Walshe: Democracies need to pull together to stop Chinese subversion of the open global economy
We deceived ourselves into thinking that as China grew richer, its political system would become more democratic.
Robert Halfon: The political parties are stuck in the Dark Ages
This book tells you more about the demographics of party members than anything you will hear from the usual commentators.
Andy Street: 15 years on, we can finally heal the scars of MG Rover’s collapse
Completing the regeneration of Longbridge would be a powerful example of Conservative policy actively “levelling up” the economy.
Howard Flight: Sunak’s Keynesian interventions are working. Here’s what the Treasury should consider next.
I would hope it has researched which areas of expenditure have the largest spending multiplier effects.
Neil O’Brien: Tomorrow’s Covid vote. We must stick to the plan – and stick together.
Every MP wants to make sure restrictions in their area are as limited as possible. But we’re close to the end now. Let’s not fall near the finish line.
Iain Dale: Yes to what’s in the new tiers. But No to who’s been put in them. Using county boundaries is barking mad.
Plus: that Cabinet reshuffle. Promote Malthouse, Mordaunt and Kwarteng. And get them out and about in the media.
Henry Hill: MSPs scent blood as the Scottish Government fights to thwart the Salmond inquiry
SNP ministers are blocking witnesses and withholding legal advice. Can the opposition capitalise?
Stephen Booth: Agreeing to disagree on the trickiest parts of the UK-EU deal may be the best way forward. For now.
Creating temporary arrangements around fishing and other areas may not be ideal, but it is a better option than the prospect of no deal.
Ryan Bourne: Calm down, stay cool – and drop this talk of tax rises. It’s too early to know how everything will settle down.
It’s baffling why think-tanks are taking the OBR assessments as truth, given its prediction record.
Daniel Hannan: It would be unfair to pupils in England to cancel exams next year
We could, if lost time really is the objection to 2021’s exams going ahead, shorten the Easter holidays and pay teachers a bonus for extra work.
James Frayne: So how should the Conservatives talk with working class voters about the environment?
There is no reason a green agenda can’t be a winner in the Red Wall, but not if it’s just the usual bundle of middle-class concerns.
Radical: This new inquiry into the Gender Recognition Act reform affects us all – and there are just days left to have your say
The Women and Equalities Committee has been been captured by the self-ID campaign. So others should make their voices heard.
Richard Holden: This week’s spending review must show voters in Red Wall seats like mine that they were right to trust us
It’s vital that on education, policing and infrastructure, as much clarity is given as possible to departments as possible in terms of long-term funding.