“The shocking influence of lawyers on policy”
The Government seems to be gearing up for a big fight over human rights laws in the wake of the Streatham terror attack.
The Treasury fights back. How it plans to drive radical reform – and become “the Government’s internal think tank”
Would the Government have the bottle for planning, childcare and police overhauls – and will Downing Street sign up to this plan anyway?
A Waltzing Matilda Brexit?
It’s only Day Three – but Brussels is angling for a Britain with “the rights of Canada and the obligations of Norway”. Will there be a Managed No Deal instead?
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS LEFT THE EUROPEAN UNION
It’s back to the future as we become a self-governing country – almost four years on from the EU referendum.
Brexit Day. “Those who bet against Britain are going to lose their shirts”.
The UK and Johnson, with their combination of recovered stability and mainstream politics, look not half bad at all compared to the alternatives.
The calm before the reshuffle? Our first Cabinet League Table of 2020
The month-on-month stability in our rankings highlights against just how much an overall majority has calmed British politics.
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson discovers the merits of brevity, and says nothing against hypocrisy
The PM accused Corbyn of being “negative”.
The claim that the UK has become a more xenophobic country since the referendum is a damaging myth
Since 2016, the amount of “hate crime” has probably gone down. The number of UK residents from other EU states has certainly gone up.
We’ve avoided making up our minds about how to deal with China. Hence the Huawei quandary.
Political and administrative capital has already been spent on the company. Once such investment has been made, it is only human nature to double down.
HS2. All aboard the Ninky Nonk.
This site would scrap the scheme. But sunk political costs as well as economic ones are likely to keep this Cameron modernisation legacy project chugging on and on.
Welcome to Brexit Week
It will take most of us a very long time to adjust to the dizzying turnaround of last month’s general election.
Bailey has three months to persuade Londoners he can cut crime
Showing that the current Mayor is failing is not enough. A strong alternative must be put forward.
Where CCHQ should move to
Our readers’ top choice was the same as Number Ten’s for the Lords: York. But a good case was made for Coventry – and Warwick University.
Waiting for the Remainers. “Those people were a kind of solution.”
It seemed at times as though Brexit would never happen. But we confess that up to a point we will miss Blair, Heseltine, Grieve, Miller, Maugham…
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: How long before people complain it’s too damn quiet?
The Prime Minister resembles a batsman who is enjoying himself.