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Sir Iain regularly writes a Comment piece for the Telegraph and occasionally contributes to other leading news publications.

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The Government must do more to crack down on trade with China

A law banning companies from trading with countries guilty of genocide is vital if we are to stand up to inhumane authoritarianism.
The vaccines minister needs a military-style approach to lick the fumbling state bureaucracy into shape

The moment the Prime Minister decided to place a number of areas into Tier 4, it became a racing certainty that the rest of England would be in full lockdown by January.
It’s vital that the House of Commons scrutinises these harsh restrictions

It is only fair to do all we can to understand what role Sage has played in creating the present situation.
We need a surgical strike to deal with Covid in London, not this blunt instrument

When the tier system was reintroduced earlier this month, we were encouraged to believe it would be a measured response, not a substitute lockdown.
The British people voted to be a sovereign nation

We now know that the Prime Minister is off to meet Ursula von der Leyen, the EU commission President on Wednesday. We all wish him well and have the greatest faith that he and Lord Frost will hold the line on their manifesto pledges.
No 10's Christmas stitch-up is the real reason for months of draconian rules

The Government's decision to return the UK to a tier system far tougher than the one which preceded the nation-wide lockdown has baffled many.
Mr Barnier it's very simple, we just want our country back

The Brexit saga is coming to an end. In days, possibly but certainly no more than a week or two, the UK must break free of its 47-year membership of what was once called the Common Market but has now morphed into a would-be superstate, aka the European Union.
Lockdown in all but name is bitter blow for business

The national lockdown may be ending next week, but the plan to introduce a toughened-up three-tier system to replace it does not sound like any meaningful let up in the devastating restrictions the country faces. Indeed, coming just before Christmas, it will be a hammer blow for shops and restaurants.
The Cummings vision of Government was always doomed to fail

There is always an issue when an adviser obtains a public profile which competes with their leader. From Thomas Cromwell to Dominic Cummings, it almost always ends suddenly, but this time there is one significant difference – the public is deeply invested.