The Brexit Bill gets its Second Reading. Let us now praise famous men.
We honour those who fought the good fight.
Ken Clarke was right. MPs should vote with their consciences on Article 50.
But if they defy the referendum result, they must also accept the consequences.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Clarke delivers a tremendous Brexit swansong
Davis and Starmer said the EU referendum result must be respected, but Clarke upheld MPs’ right to defy it.
The Article 50 Bill. May and Davis should kill their opponents with kindness.
Not, admittedly, the kind of manoeuvre with which the Brexit Secretary is associated. But there are sound reasons for it.
Anti-Trump petitioners combine gesture politics with lèse-majesté
What’s the basis for this popular call to bar the President from Britain? That his “well-documented misogyny and vulgarity” would “cause embarrassment to Her Majesty”.
Trump’s state visit. If Xi Jinping can make one, then so should he.
But neither the American President’s concession to Britain nor the question of double standards are likely to deter some Parliamentarians.
Trump bans ConservativeHome columnist from the United States
Nadhim Zahawi tells us that the President’s words and deeds will cause serious damage to the anti-ISIS struggle.
Theresa May saves NATO
The Atlantic Alliance remains crucial to our security. The PM’s efforts to persuade President Trump of this seem to have paid off.
Trump and May. She channels Reagan and Thatcher in the first speech of her American visit.
Downing Street may have briefed in advance that there’s no real comparison. But she will clearly play on it for all it’s worth.
Trump and torture
The President doesn’t indulge in euphemism or try to dodge the abhorrent idea. And he’ll keep on talking about it.
Could this ‘snap election’ talk in Scotland give Sturgeon an escape route?
The First Minister has talked her way into a tricky bind over a second independence referendum. Contriving a Holyrood poll could be her least-worst option.
Cameron, radical punk – how he should want to be remembered
The recently departed Prime Minister is re-emerging – and working on his memoirs. He will want to project his greatest achievement: public service reform.
Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May promises a White Paper and Corbyn should run up the white flag
We never thought we would write the words “Bring back Ed Miliband”.
May’s good fortune is that keeping us in the EU isn’t her opponents’ real priority
Sturgeon and Farron are out to whip up grievances for party political purposes. And Corbyn doesn’t know what he wants.
The Supreme Court has ruled. Now get on with Article 50.
Whether by accident or design, the Government’s appeal has led the Supreme Court to kill off two potential threats to Brexit.