Major’s fear-mongering about violence is a slur on Northern Ireland

An under-informed London media is allowing the province to be cruelly misrepresented. Ulster voices are the only antidote.

Alex Morton: May must not turn into Major

She cannot be a stationary establishment figure when faced with the restless mood of the voting public. She must move forwards – or we risk a 1997-style wipeout.

James Frayne: Let’s stick with May for the moment. But prepare to replace her with Johnson.

He isn’t perfect – and acclamation isn’t the ideal method. But the Conservatives face a crisis and must take action accordingly.

Christopher Howarth: May has a rock-solid mandate to deliver a Brexit for all parts of Britain

Conservative MPs should get wise to Osborne’s attempt to bluff, panic and stampede them into backing Single Market membership – and no proper migration control.

Nadhim Zahawi: Our policies were right. But we didn’t sell them.

Despite the outcome, our manifesto was a step in the right direction, from which we must not retreat backwards.

Iain Dale: No, Corbyn hasn’t pulled off a triumph. A defeat is a defeat is a defeat.

Plus: An apology on behalf of the pundits, the press, the pollsters, the politicians and the parties for calling this election utterly, totally and completely wrong.

Daniel Hannan: Don’t let Labour muck it up

Deep down, Corbyn regrets the outcome of the Cold War. Even now, when the full horror of its legacy is clear, he can’t bring himself to renounce Marxism.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Is the Prime Minister right that responsibilities conflict with – and outweigh – rights?

The Conservative Party has long been the natural home of libertarians and classical liberals. That relationship might be about to get less comfortable.

James Frayne: Voters want a brutal response to terrorists, but aren’t clear on the best way to combat extremism

Fears that the public are shifting towards aggressive, populist cultural policies targeted at Muslims are misfounded.

Iain Duncan Smith: We must face hard truths about homegrown extremism

This problem may have started abroad, but it is now here, in our own society. It must be dealt with.

Nicky Morgan: This is Labour’s Momentum Election – nasty, intimidating, abusive and troll-ridden

Corbyn isn’t some misguided but well-meaning old man, but a deeply committed socialist intent on crashing our economy.

Iain Dale: Rudd to the Treasury, a Gove comeback, McLoughlin to quit. What may happen in the reshuffle.

Oh, and Timothy and Hill should be moved on from being co-Chiefs of Staff – the former to head up policy, the latter press.

Douglas Carswell: Ten reasons to vote for Theresa May next Thursday

Her new administration would be on the right side on the big issues – Brexit, immigration, Islamism; and would likely feel its way towards the right answer on the economy and trade.

Garvan Walshe: Corbyn’s ideology blinds him to the true nature of terrorism

Marxism, that failed social science, leads him to focus on terrorists’ circumstances, not the beliefs which really drive them to kill.

Henry Hill: The dividends of May’s tough new Northern Irish position

The manifesto makes collapsing devolution far less tempting for Sinn Fein and could give unionists the confidence and breathing space to reform.