Ben Roback: The Russia story is closing in on Trump

The President finally looked as if he were spending a little time on policy and wooing American allies in Eastern Europe. Then…

Garvan Walshe: The Taylor review is a distraction. The real problem facing Britain is that our Welfare State is bust.

Uncomfortable though it is to admit, we run our public finances like a Ponzi scheme. The only way out of this mess is to improve our terrible productivity.

Henry Hill: Wales’ Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition raises tuition fees

Also: Sturgeon follows May to offer ‘relaunch’ of government; separatist MPs join Soubry’s Continuity Remain caucus.

Chris Grayling: Don’t claim that I didn’t warn you about Corbyn

When I wrote on this website last year that we should not underestimate him, some ridiculed my argument. Now we have to educate a new generation about the dangers of Labour.

Alex Morton: Cycling is over-hyped, motorists are under-supported. This Government should be on their side.

May should have cut fuel duty pre-election – and longer term, we will need to switch to taxing congestion.

James Frayne: Ten key points about the lower middle class, provincial, home-owning voters who decide elections

C1/C2 voters are hugely important in raw numerical terms. They make up 52 per cent of the electorate in England.

Christopher Howarth: Osborne, Umunna and the CBI are offering a bridge to nowhere, not a bridging agreement

Having attacked EEA membership as a bad deal during the referendum, they now pretend it is a good idea in the hope of preventing Brexit.

Nadhim Zahawi: Yes, the Grenfell judge is white. That’s no reason why he can’t do his job.

Some of the criticisms of Sir Martin Moore-Bick have gone much too far, and seem to be attempts to make political points in the wake of a terrible tragedy.

Syed Kamall: The European Conservatives and Reformists should thrive post-Brexit

After we leave the EU, Tories should take care to maintain the alliances we have built with like-minded politicians on the continent.

Iain Dale: How I did not become May’s new Director of Communications

Guido Fawkes, Tom Newton-Dunn and the Evening Standard diary banded together to suggest that I was about to do a far, far better thing than I have ever done…

Daniel Hannan: Sooner or later, you run out of spending other people’s money. And it’s young people who foot the bill.

The left cries “Growth not austerity”. Seriously, comrades, if it were that easy, don’t you think someone would have done it by now?

Robert Halfon: Being a Workers Party means being a party for lower taxes too

We should put the proceeds in a special Redistribution Fund to spend either on public services, or on poorer communities, or cutting taxes for the lower paid.

Henry Hill: Trimble urges Brokenshire to bypass Sinn Fein and the DUP

Also: Welsh Government want you to tell them how they can tax you into a better person; donor transparency for Ulster; and SNP shielded from EU fine by London.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Why the case for nuclear deterrence needs to be made all over again

This is important not only because without arguments we are weak in the face of our adversaries, such as Corbyn, but also because we must keep checking that we’re right.

James Frayne: No, lifting the pay cap isn’t a priority for voters. Ministers should follow the evidence.

Indicating higher taxes, pledging potentially massive costs on retired people and raiding middle class welfare all played in the election result.