The Government could allay fears and bring consensus by appointing an external advisory committee to scrutinise how the powers are used.
But don’t expect that to stop the commentariat, or the Opposition, trying to manufacture some kind of row, even if only for show.
May should make a virtue of the complexity.
If you criticise Trump’s Charlotteville generalisations while defending the same tactics from Corbyn, you’re making our politics worse.
YouGov characterises those people who think democracy is more important than money as “extremists”.
Too often, we still take our democratic rights for granted.
The modern state is intended to restrain those who seek a monopoly on power. Such people naturally resent it when that system works.
An American scholar shows how British Conservatives welcomed universal suffrage, while German Conservatives were terrified of it.
Our new report argues that the Government must focus on security, climate change, human rights, and other shared international agendas and challenges.
Some of the criticisms of Sir Martin Moore-Bick have gone much too far, and seem to be attempts to make political points in the wake of a terrible tragedy.
The Tory campaign was outgunned by a broad alliance of officially non-partisan groups. But are they all truly independent? And where is their money coming from?
When I worked in Number Ten, the people who grasped most clearly this ideology’s threat were my Muslim co-workers.
Justified calls for a national government’s overthrow are usually confined to those in which there is a serious threat of tyranny or the breakdown of civil order.
I like John Bercow – indeed, I’ll vote for him. But the Speaker of the House shouldn’t represent a constituency – doing so disenfranchises thousands of people.
As China imprisons three young democracy campaigners, Britain has a moral and legal responsibility to speak out.