MICHAEL GOVE: Britain can use its recovered sovereignty to be a force for good in the world 

We are living, Pope Francis has said, not so much through an era of change as a change of era – one in which expectations and opportunities have been transformed. The financial crisis and other failures of leadership from a past generation of political and business leaders have turned people against distant and unaccountable power-brokers. … Read more

HENRY DEEDES on Michael Gove updating the House on the government’s Brexit strategy 

Michael Gove was charged with updating the House on the Government’s Brexit strategy yesterday. Of course he was. For years the Govester has been the Government’s man for big occasions. The closer, the ‘death’ bowler entrusted with the crucial last overs. Need to rally the troops? Send for Gove! Under the previous lot this was … Read more