Maria Chaplia: Illiberal regimes are exploiting the pandemic to attack the foundations of democracy

In the name of cracking down on ‘disinformation’ and controlling infection, governments are centralising power and silencing critics.

Christopher Harries: We Welsh Tories must be a bulwark against devocrat demands for ‘more powers’

Ahead of next year’s elections, we have to show our sceptical voters that we’re not just another horse on the Cardiff Bay carousel.

Ben Goldsmith: Younger, leave-backing voters want a greener, environmentally-aware Conservative Party

We have a tremendous opportunity to lead the response, and we must not cede any ground to a newly energised anti-environment lobby.

David Goodhart: The virus. It’s almost certain that ethnic minorities are at greater risk. But we can’t yet know the full explanation.

There are three main factors at work – genetics, plus cultural and social factors. And it’s not possible at present to disentangle the mix.

Ryan Henson: Overseas aid will play a vital role in defending Britain through the age of pandemics

We must stand shoulder to shoulder with those who need us most. Not just because it is in our national interest, but because it is the right thing to do.

Imran Ahmad Khan: We musn’t and won’t let this rolling forward of the state become permanent

It represents an emergency call to arms – not a permanent transition towards a command society.

Daniel Pryor: Reducing homelessness. Housing First is a liberal approach based on harm reduction. We need more of it

When Crisis is saying the same thing as the Centre for Social Justice and ourselves at the Adam Smith Institute, politicians should listen.

J. Meirion Thomas: If Covid-19 becomes permanent, how will we adapt?

There has been immense optimism around a vaccine. But without that, societies must consider how to live with this disease.

Daniel Rossall Valentine: Banning menthol cigarettes is nothing to celebrate

The ban on flavoured tobacco is a sign of a public health lobby that is too focused on coercive regulation and inexperienced at debate and persuasion.

Nat Wei: How the internet could have been used to protect lives and livelihoods during this crisis. And how we can do better.

More emphasis could have been put on local delivery of services, drugs, and even treatment using mobile medical equipment and remote consultation.

Bob Seely: What the Isle of Wight has learned from trialling the NHS’s Coronavirus App

If enough of us download this app, we can, through our joint endeavours and the trace and test programme, suppress the virus.

Chris Whitehouse: When will the Government deliver on its manifesto commitments to tackle human rights abusers?

We need the broad range of powers the US adopted after the death of the Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.

Damian Green: Yes, this is a terrible crisis. But let’s recognise how Britain is meeting the challenge.

The NHS has played a full role in getting us through this crisis, and those leading it should receive full credit.

Mark Lehain: The rivalries and Corbynism that are driving the biggest education union’s extremist stance on school reopenings

I’m a former union rep myself – and am finding that schools, empowered by the Gove reforms, are quietly getting on with preparations,

Craig Hoy: We must be ready – the Scottish Nationalists certainly will be

With Holyrood elections probably a year away now, Conservatives north of the border need to be prepared for when the campaign starts.