Nicky Morgan: The danger of Putin and the danger of populism
Our future Conservative Party leadership needs to address quickly and effectively the problems which have led to the latter’s rise.
Iain Dale: If you’re coming to a hustings I’m chairing, draft an original question – and I’ll try to call you.
Plus: How I was booed in Birmingham. On to Nottingham…via Exeter. And: who would I vote for, if I had a vote?
Henry Hill: Hunt pulls Foreign Office support to Sturgeon’s separatist excursions
Also: MPs criticise Foreign Secretary over Ulster veterans; Johnson makes Thomson his Scottish campaign chief; and fierce competition to lead the NIO.
Daniel Hannan: The Johnson tape, the Field incident. So much was said about both. But why the silence about the Kirklees arrests?
The investigation, after all, concerns the systematic rape of underage girls. The non-reaction to it says much about our culture and times.
James Frayne: Lessons we are learning during this leadership contest
The traditional media environment for Conservatives has deteriorated significantly, while social media encourages egomaniacs and the loudmouths.
Henry Newman: The Alternative Arrangements Commission offers the best route through the backstop problem
There are real, viable answers to this sticky problem. But rebuilding trust may be as hard as resolving technical questions.
Chloe Westley: Khan poses, tweets and postures – while London is ravaged by four murders in four days
As the Mayor tours TV studios to express his disapproval of Trump and Brexit, our capital city suffers.
Iain Dale: Dark arts, Williamson – and how vote-lending stuffed Raab, Stewart…and Gove
Plus: Nine of the ten original candidates have been on my show. When will you let me interview you in depth, Boris Johnson?
Henry Hill: This week’s polling highlights devolution’s threat to the Union
Tempting as it might be to blame Brexit, it has only revealed the problem, the roots of which stretch back long before 2016.
Garvan Walshe: How Trump’s blunders give Iran the chance for “nuclear breakout”
The United States’ weakened capabilities and frayed alliances both play in Tehran’s favour at a crucial and sensitive time.
Robert Halfon: Under our new leader, we must prize social justice above social mobility
We must tackle causes of poverty, not symptoms: educational failure, worklessness, family breakdown, debt, addiction, disability, exposure to crime, poor housing.
Andy Street: How cultural renaissance in the West Midlands is driving economic growth
By working closely with Government to target investment, we have rekindled that creative spark that is one again catching the eye of the world.
Nicky Morgan: My colleagues are asking the wrong question about this leadership contest
We need to re-discover our ability to spot the problems our constituents are facing and do something about them.
Iain Dale: Johnson – unstoppable now, unless he unstops himself
Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.
Henry Hill: Davidson endorses Javid as Johnson and Hunt polish unionist credentials
The Foreign Secretary has got tough with devocrats pursuing their own foreign policy, whilst his predecessor picks up several endorsements from Scottish and Welsh MPs.