Our columnist provides the second piece in our series this week about Brexit – almost a year since the end of transition.
Are we making the most of leaving the European Union – and if not what should we do to get the best out of it?
The Foreign Secretary knows that she is being played off by them against the Chancellor. They know she knows. And she knows they know she knows.
The single most important thing for right-leaning outsiders to understand is that boards don’t control most of a firm’s political comment.
He is well-placed to knock on the doors of individual member states, as the Government and the Union lock horns over free movement.
For too many legislators, biffing the Prime Minister for a short-term thrill is the acme of political maturity.
In a world that changes as fast as this one, constant intellectual regeneration should be our goal. Our recovery papers are a contribution to that.
If Putin hoped that Brexit would detach us from our alliances, there’s no evidence of that happening so far, and much to the contrary.
We’ve learned nothing at all about his outlook but quite a lot about his capacities during the last tumultuous twelve months.
Three million of them are unlikely to pitch up here, but government must plan for all eventualities – and support for its plan wouldn’t survive a mass influx.
The Tories have an interest in a focus on values. Reports suggest that some in Downing Street are encouraging Johnson to launch a ‘war on woke’.
If so much, as Ministers suggest, depends on common sense, nuance, context and common sense, people will draw the inevitable conclusion.
It may be significant that the one person who doesn’t seem to be making their mistake is Keir Starmer.
The perils and volatility that the Coronavirus – that ultimate leveller-down – brings with it suddenly endanger last year’s near-landslide winner.
The latest wave of an in-depth tracker project shows that a long-term softening of public attitudes has continued during the pandemic.