Priti Patel MP: An Etonian stitch-up? Rubbish. This is the most inclusive Conservative manifesto ever.
The Financial Times’s entire thesis would have been demolished by the facts – had the paper checked them.
Tim Montgomerie: Cameron should not put too much faith in Mrs Merkel
The Prime Minister doesn’t have a serious renegotiation strategy and European leaders aren’t treating him seriously as a result.
Garvan Walshe: Both Venezuela’s Maduro and Europe’s democracies find themselves on their own in a second Cold War
What American attention that is left is drawn to the Middle East – and meanwhile, its defence budget is being cut.
Florian Bay: Britain needs a high speed train plan to revive our cities
Cities as diverse as Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol and Reading should gain from the project – as should the Chilterns.
Luke de Pulford: Piers Morgan’s fall is America’s loss. It just can’t cope with British journalism.
It is a country far more comfortable with a veneered, plastic presentation of the news than the limey equivalent: a modern Colosseum.
Daniel Hamilton: What must now be done to prevent the break-up of Ukraine
National reconciliation, guarantees for minorities, corruption investigations, a Marshall plan – all are essential to stop conflict dividing the country.
Mark Field MP: Ethnicity, gender, sexuality. Is the political class out of touch with modern workplace norms?
Appraisals, support for family responsibilities, compassionate leave – all can seem a world apart from the experience of our legislators.
Sam Bowman: Kathy Gyngell is wrong. Illegal drugs should be legalised
Prohibition means putting thousands of people in jail, giving criminal records to hundreds of thousands more, and exposing drug users to unnecessary risk.
Andrew Bridgen MP : A stronger private sector offers a solid foundation for growth
The Government’s plan to rebalance the economy and encourage private sector investment is working.
Alex Deane: The UK Commissioner – odds on the runners and riders
Runners and riders include: Peter Lilley, Francis Maude, Sayeeda Warsi…and a former Prime Minister.
Luke de Pulford: A polite PMQs would be institutional spin
Like it or not, the session is our entire party system in microcosm, in which tribal skulduggery is the order of every day.
Kathy Gyngell: Why illegal drugs shouldn’t be made legal
The last thing young people need is a legalisation experiment foisted on them by ageing libertarians.
Dr Rachel Joyce: Hitting the 999 response time target is great, but we must not forget the next step
Too many patients get a swift response, but then have to wait to get to hospital.
Marina Yannakoudakis MEP: A three-point plan to end Female Genital Mutilation
If we do not stop this barbaric practice, we will have failed to protect young girls from horrific abuse.
Michael Fallon MP: Turning the tanker – how we are fighting to reform the EU’s uncompetitive regulations
It’s hard work, but we are putting deregulation on the agenda in Brussels – with success.