Iain Dale: I never thought I’d compare an American President to a North Korean dictator. But here I go.

Plus: UKIP goes nuts. And: Chapman’s tweets might lead you to believe that he’s taken some sort of personality-changing drug.

Garvan Walshe: How Venezuela became the left’s favourite dictatorship

Corbyn surely knows that Chavista populism isn’t the only alternative to a traditionalist, oligarchic right.

Chris Grayling: We need a positive vision to win the next election

But that doesn’t mean we should stop calling out Jeremy Corbyn for his terrible polices and illusory promises.

Henry Hill: Jones criticises ‘regrettable’ change of tone on Brexit from Dublin

Also: Green MSP hits out at nationalist hardliners; cracks appear in DUP’s gay marriage position; and Northern Irish Labour officers resign over infiltration.

Alex Morton: A modest proposal. Quotas to help another disadvantaged minority – Conservatives.

We have allowed our enemies to infiltrate almost every power centre that matters and delegitimise our very existence.

Christopher Howarth: It’s time to end the great leasehold service charge rip-off

There is a big political prize to be had for the Conservative Party to improving the rights of millions of property owners and bringing them up to equality

Howard Flight: First America creates the banking crisis. Then it punishes our banks.

The origin of this toxic US mortgage lending was Bill Clinton’s extension of the Community Redevelopment Act, designed to encourage minority home ownership.

Nadhim Zahawi: Meanwhile, as we fix our gaze on Kim Jong Un and Maduro, China makes veiled threats of war against India

This aggressiveness about disputed territories has become a feature of Chinese foreign policy.

Iain Dale: Dear Cabinet Ministers – if you must fight one another, do it in private

Plus: I’m beating James O’Brien; Labour’s telling silence on Venezuela; and saying farewell to a friend.

Daniel Hannan: Twelve principles to unite Remainers and Leavers

Most people in both camps are interested in getting the best outcome starting from where we are. Here’s how.

Henry Hill: DUP accuse Irish Taoiseach of ‘going backwards’ on Brexit

Also: Veteran Welsh Labour nationalist floats party split over Brexit; rival parties joined DUP to push for no back-dating of donor transparency in Ulster; and more.

Robert Halfon: A fair deal for diesel drivers is a social justice issue

The Government should form an alliance with motorists, not raise taxes which will hike the costs of commuting, public transport, and food.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: If gender, or even race, is a choice, what becomes of the fight against prejudice?

Much of the 20th century fight for liberation involved explaining that it was wrong to discriminate on the grounds of someone’s unchangeable nature.

Nicky Morgan: Almost a century after women won the right to vote, the battle for diversity in politics still rages

Too often, we still take our democratic rights for granted.

Iain Dale: My advice to my latest successor as Davis’s Chief of Staff

Plus: As I bask by a sun-illuminated swimming pool on holiday in Spain, I reflect on how the Spanish respond if you try to fiddle your water supply…