Mark Wallace
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The EU’s move to restrict British TV reveals its closed-minded insecurity
Remember in the midst of the Tony Blair era when the new political divide was open vs closed? Left and right were dead; class was out of fashion; “liberal” had been Americanised beyond meaning – so now we were all open or closed. The open mindset is optimistic, confident, broad-minded, forward-looking and seeking opportunity. Closed, in contrast, is pessimistic, frightened, → Read More
The EU's proposed ban on vaccine exports to the UK shows why Brexit was the right decision
It is bad enough that the EU should mess up its own programme - it is appalling that it would propose to harm ours → Read More
The police and sentencing bill is a danger to free expression – protests have every right to offend and annoy
Causing annoyance is a legitimate thing to do in a free society. I daresay my column is guilty of committing this offence at some readers’ breakfast tables → Read More
Nigel Farage deserves a place in the House of Lords so it can harness the full range of political thought
Surely one of the most influential politicians of his generation deserves to take the ermine now that he has retired → Read More
Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak hiking corporation tax is a big mistake
Low corporation tax has helped the economy, business, workers, the Treasury and users of public services → Read More
Enough with the vaccine passport hokey-cokey – some kind of jab documentation is inevitable
The Government and its opponents have ruled vaccine passports in, out, and shaken them all about, wasting time that could be spent on creating a workable system → Read More
The EU's vaccine shambles lays bare the pitfalls of the centralised European project
Despite aggressive briefings and stark accusations, Brussels has failed to resolve its vaccine supply problem → Read More
Britain is doing brilliantly with its independent vaccine rollout, but the whole world needs to win
The UK's decision to avoid the sluggish EU scheme highlights the benefits of going it alone → Read More
Angela Merkel's successor Armin Laschet may seem boring, but his sympathy for Putin is potentially dangerous
As the new leader of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union party, he stands a good chance of being Germany's next Chancellor → Read More
Liz Truss is the unsung hero of post-Brexit trade deals — she's sorted out 57 of them
In the last week came agreements with Canada, Kenya, Singapore, Vietnam, Switzerland, Norway and Iceland → Read More
Spending review: Rishi Sunak is about to show his true colours as a fiscal conservative
The Conservative party will live up to its name for the first time in months by doing what is necessary, rather than what is easy → Read More
Boris Johnson and the Tories aren't rooting for Donald Trump, despite what the Left might say
In common with British voters as a whole, Conservatives and Leavers would far prefer for Joe Biden to win → Read More
Local lockdowns could deepen the North-South divide and cost Tories their 'Red Wall' seats
There is a deeply-held suspicion that politicians in London are not interested in the damage their decisions will make in the North of the country → Read More
It's time for a bonfire of the quangos
This unaccountable, twilight form of government harms democracy → Read More
It's time to take back control from traffickers profiteering from human misery in the Channel
The public is sympathetic to the plight of people who are fleeing danger and oppression, but they are not tolerant of criminals being free to operate across the nation's most famous frontier → Read More
Rishi Sunak's furlough scheme was a life saver, but a credit crunch is coming
The Chancellor acted fast to dull economic pain, but even as the shops re-open, the inevitable economic storm will eventually break → Read More
With Brexiteers in control of government, we can finally get on with leaving the EU
Vote Leave is back, taking control of government and the responsibility for delivering Brexit. → Read More
Full list of Cabinet appointments
A rolling list of all the senior members of the new Government. As we write, we have the Cabinet list plus those entitled to attend. → Read More
Will the new Conservative leader persist with PM’s suspicious attitude to the internet?
Will Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt persist with Theresa May's porn block and mass snooping or adapt to the future to attract the young? → Read More
The False Friend, The Stitch-Up, The Spoiler…our guide to all the cunning tactical voting options available to Tory MPs
Inevitably at this stage of the contest, rumours and allegations start to fly of clever-clever schemes, whizzo wheezes and dirty tricks. → Read More