Nicholas Holgate quit following harsh criticism of Kensington council’s inadequate response, although he claimed he had been asked to stand down by the Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid. Javid’s office denied the contention. Is anyone prepared to take responsibility for anything?

Though little, in reality, can ever be done about a single terrorist driving a vehicle into any group of innocent people, there are already some lessons that emerge from this episode, and arguably ones that should have occurred to the authorities before

As Tim Farron resigns, the party should learn from recent history: it must hold a properly contested leadership election

People living in older, high-rise, often council-owned buildings have every right to wonder why the Government did not act when it had the chance

The deal sacrifices the Irish peace process for the sake of the Prime Minister clinging on to her power, and that is dishonourable and dangerous because it puts lives at risk via a return to terror

We mean no disrespect to the voters of Northern Ireland when we point out that most of the population of the United Kingdom have reservations about some of the policies of the Democratic Unionist Party

It is plausible to suppose that more of the 18-24 age group are learning the bitter lessons of the 2015 general election and the EU referendum last year

The pressure to keep closer tabs on terrorist suspects is being felt across Europe: the Schengen Agreement, the EU no-passport zone, has been repeatedly suspended between various countries in recent years

If you, like so many under the first-past-the-post system, live in a safe seat, your vote can still send a message

The Prime was right to say things need to change, but should be wary of rushing into ill-conceived legislation

America will make progress on climate change despite its President, through market forces and action at state level

The Labour Party has not stepped into the gap with a convincing green programme

As the election campaign has progressed, it has become clearer that the Prime Minister is not as good at politics as some of her admirers thought she was

The debate about whether Government policy has increased the risk of terrorism is a legitimate one, but it was an error of judgement to raise it today 

There remains much to be done in the name of broader community cohesion if a small minority of disillusioned young men are not to continue turning to violence in the name of Islam

The Prime Minister has rendered satirical her claim to offer ‘strong and stable leadership’; she has made Labour seem competent, as well as compassionate; she has annoyed, frightened and distressed Tory-voting pensioners

This prospectus, coherent though it is, would require a vast amount of government time and energy at a time when it would be fully occupied by leaving the European Union

History is full of nations that made the error of fighting the last war, or the one before that, rather than the one looming ahead

 It is already clear that the Prime Minister will deploy one of the oldest tricks in the political book: stealing your opponent’s clothes