Nick Boles: Immigration. Control and openness aren’t opposites – they go together
Only when the public feel that our borders are under control, by people accountable to the electorate, will we be able to win back their trust.
Luke Tryl: A presidential debate that scraped the bottom of the gutter – which suited Trump nicely
A snap poll found that Hillary Clinton won, but that he exceeded expectations. The Republican candidate proved an effective counter-puncher.
Tim Bale: Memo to May. Don’t forget One Nation, Prime Minister.
The ideal is all the more necessary in a polity in which a plurality of just 30-something percent can win you virtually untrammelled power.
Andrew Green: The EU and migration. Work permits are the way forward.
The introduction of a work permit scheme that confines EU migration to skilled employment would by our calcuation reduce it net by approximately 100,000 a year.
Peter Cuthbertson: There was no alternative to Thatcherism – even the SDP would have wrecked our country
It was crucial not just to defy the far left – but also the moderate left and the establishment.
Lee Scott: Under Corbyn, anti-semitism in the Labour Party will continue to spread
Rather than trying to deal with the problem the Party just wants to keep it under wraps.
David Boyle: What will Theresanomics look like?
There has been huge investment in physical capital. But meanwhile, the effort to revitalise our human capital has been fragmented, centralised and half-hearted.
Lord Ashcroft: My focus groups in Virginia. “I may think Trump’s a despicable person, but I’m not gonna not vote.”
In the face of a stark choice, there are now vanishingly few undecided voters.
Peter Golds: Why does the BBC defer to Leftist extremists by presenting them as impartial experts?
If you interview a Trotskyite, say so. Do not pretend he is simply an academic.
Simon Richards: May is right about Brexit – but dead wrong about extending state power
All Conservative Party members who believe that a smaller state is the best route to prosperity should speak out in defence of that principle.
Jeremy Hunt: We will train the doctors we need – but we are entitled for them to be loyal to the NHS in return
Given each extra medical school place means a cost of £220,000 to the taxpayer, we must also ensure this money is being spent on staff for our NHS.
Lee Rotherham: In praise of Charles Mackay
He showed us how popular trends through the ages can be damagingly repetitive, self-fuelling and irrational.
Amjad Bashir: As a British MEP, I welcome our coming abolition. But don’t let our talents be wasted afterwards.
No other delegation in the parliament so apparently reflects the society they represent as we do.
Daniel Kawczynski: It’s time the Polish airmen who fought for Britain had their memorial
Despite the significant Polish contributions over the generations, one will be hard pressed to find any commemoration of their efforts and sacrifice.
Claire Paye: Real equality means recognising the value of mothers at home
Measuring women’s status by earning power alone ignores the enormous role full-time motherhood plays in children’s life chances.