Dominic Raab MP: The Green Party’s policies are dangerous – and we should start taking them seriously
After all, the Greens could be in power with Labour within a few weeks. So it’s time for Conservatives to confront the threat that they pose.
David Burrowes MP: Immigration detention should no longer be out of sight and out of mind
The current system fails taxpayers and detainees alike.
Lord Ashcroft: The Conservatives gain a three-point lead in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll
Plus: This week’s focus groups. Straw-Rifkind fallout. The latest party political broadcasts. And: if the leaders were holiday destinations, which would they be?
Mohammed Amin: Language must reflect the nuances of bigotry
Using ‘racism’ to describe completely distinct forms of discrimination leaves us ill-equipped to combat them effectively.
Ryan Shorthouse: How to form a future without poverty
Better pre-school education, more help in need for those who have contributed more, a higher minimum wage, support for grandparents – all fit Conservative ideals.
Dan Dalton MEP: The Premier League has gained from TV rights. Here’s what it should give back to football.
Ticket price cuts, investment in the grassroots, more qualified coaches, better pitches – it’s time for support for all these.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan: How many lives is this trade union protocol putting in danger?
It cannot be right that there are no options in situations in which an ambulance and paramedic team is available to attend the scene of a serious accident.
Julia Manning: Why MPs should no longer have outside interests
They should do a job as elected representatives and be suitably paid for it.
Rebecca Coulson: Osborne proclaims the success of the north east
Transport improvements are boosting enterprise.
George Robinson: The right of fans to sell their own tickets must be protected
A Lords amendment to the Consumer Rights Bill will cause many fans to fear that event organisers will blacklist them.
Natalie Elphicke: Resenting our elders profits nobody
This government must empower and inspire today’s young to achieve under it what their parents did under Thatcher and Major.
Lord Green: Yes, the immigration figures are disappointing. But we must stick with a net reduction target.
The public will never accept that the number of entrants cannot be controlled.
Daniel Kawczynski MP: It’s time to bomb ISIS in Libya
These brutal and barbaric organisations are poised to assume de facto control of the country, just a few hundred miles across the Mediterranean from the EU.
Andrew Allison: The BBC licence fee must go – but it must not be replaced by another TV tax
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee is right that the current system is broken. But their proposals would not fix it.
Karen Lumley MP: How Mohamed Nasheed, a friend to me, Britain and freedom, was brutally arrested
The first democratically elected President of the Maldives is being subjected to intimidation and oppression.