Asia Bibi should be offered asylum in Britain
Hers is a test case for Ministers, for Muslim organisations in Britain, for free speech – for what sort of country we want to be.
The unknown names that live for evermore
These acts of remembrance may in some slight measure salve grief, and enable those who have not had to endure such things to give thanks for those who do.
There’s a serious discussion to have about data and electoral law, but it is yet to take place.
Our democracy is poorly served by widespread ignorance about campaign technology, and the fact glamorous alarmism wins more headlines than grubby reality.
The Molotov-Ribbentrop, sorry, Johnson-Johnson pact
We leave it to our readers to decide which is which, but there can be no doubt about the identity of the corpse.
The beauty of Scruton
The campaign against him is driven by the knowledge that May agrees with his views on design – and fear that the Government will act on them.
Trump has a genius for portraying the victimhood felt by his supporters
The President is a cut-price Andrew Jackson, a touchy, uneducated, intuitive patriot ready at a moment’s provocation to get into a fight.
Full timely study. The basis on which Cabinet members should see legal advice on any Brexit deal.
There is no case for withholding it from them, for it only being shown after the event, or for not allowing them to study it.
Project Fear Three. Coming your way soon, courtesy of Downing Street?
Obama’s EU referendum intervention didn’t help deliver a Remain result for Cameron. It’s not clear that the Government has learned from the experience.
It was odious to burn an effigy of the Grenfell Tower – but those responsible should not have been arrested
The police should not arrest people for being offensive. Not just because burglaries and violence matter more. But because we need the freedom to offend.
Lewes Bonfire. You really want to see the Big Society in action? Then here it is.
There is a spirit of liberty at this event, informed by the belief that traditional British freedom includes the right not just to make a lot of noise, but to be extremely rude.
How a Brexit deal would be done
What will happen this week? When could a summit take place? What would the Cabinet say – and what might the Attorney General do?
May’s Brexit deal. The Cabinet must stand ready to take back control.
The draft deal could wreck meaningful trade deals, hand over £40 billion for no bankable gain – and potentially threaten the break-up of the UK.
Our survey. More than four in ten Conservative members want May to step down immediately.
Four fifths of our panel remain opposed to her leadership, but within that group there has been a significant hardening of attitudes.
Sir David Cameron-Hume. In time, why not?
He may eventually be able to construct a case for return which, while tortuous, would not be beyond the reach of his powers of persuasion.
Cox is hoisted shoulder-high to the top of our Cabinet League Table
We have occasionally seen precipitous falls in Cabinet members’ scores. Vertiginous rises are rarer. Indeed, it is hard to think of a jump quite like it.