Serious criminals need locking up, and the public and victims deserve protection. Any failure of resolve on that front would be unforgiveable.
We should all be questioning the content we see online – not simply disbelieving by default, as conspiratorial thinking is not always far from constructive doubt.
The exceptional demands placed on our system by the Brexit process should not be treated as a precedent for legislation that deliberately pushes constitutional boundaries.
We must take our own steps towards a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism at the Autumn Statement
The reform of IR35 would not just add substance to the Prime Minister’s second priority of growing the economy, it could form a key plank of the Work and Pensions Secretary’s laudable mission of getting the economically inactive back to work.
The Prime Minister’s five-point plan rightly focuses on the pressures working people are facing, but we need to go much further than just responding to events.
Before those in my party rush towards a costly and divisive disentanglement, we should unite behind a platform to lead other countries in fixing our issues with the court.