Garry Heath: At this conference, our new leadership has a chance to show our members a little bit of love
Either we widen the membership of political parties and change the way they are funded, or the next stop will be a UK-style Donald Trump.
Andrew R T Davies: The EU referendum has left Labour in Wales struggling to offer a clear vision
By contrast in the Conservative Party we are all Brexiteers now.
Rob Semple: I urge members to back reform of the Party organisation
We need a centrally-administered system of membership – like other professional, UK-wide organisations – if we are to be a modern organised entity.
Olivier Guitta: Why Obama has been a recruiting sergeant for ISIS
His failure to act against Assad helped to persuade young Sunni Muslims that he is against them.
Tim Bonner: The BBC must not be allowed to bend its impartiality rules
Splitting hairs over whether or not someone is a ‘recurring’ or ‘regular’ TV presenter shouldn’t allow someone to abuse a neutral platform.
Calling Conservatives: New public appointments announced. Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, and more.
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Lord Ashcroft: For my focus groups in North Carolina, Clinton fails to enthuse and Trump fails to reassure
Few in our African American groups thought very much had improved for them personally during Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House.
Richard Short: We Tories must renew our efforts to win the industrial north
Corbyn might lock Labour out of power at Westminster, but Momentum could still end up wielding real power in local government.
Anne Jenkin: A development agenda with girls at its heart
Power is at the root of the problem.
Laura Sandys: The Green Investment Bank must not lose its way when privatised
The Bank has a crucial role to play both in our low-carbon economy and the wider industrial strategy.
Lord Ashcroft: Patel’s approach to aid is correct, but I fear she is already doomed
The daft legal requirement to give away 0.7 per cent of national income overseas lives on, and invites intense public criticism.
Christian Guy: How to build public support for the moral mission of British aid spending
It isn’t easy, but better information and clearer goals would harness the nation’s natural willingness to help those less fortunate.
Brooks Newmark: Until a no-fly zone is enforced in Syria, the bloody slaughter of innocents will stretch on and on
During the past five years, Assad – aided and abetted by Putin – has been responsible for over 95 per cent of the almost 400,000 civilian deaths.
Andrew Mitchell: Aid and development. There is a great deal more to be done.
We still see cases where there is a fundamental disconnect between British foreign policy and British aid. Today, the most perverse example of this lies in Yemen.
Luke Tryl: The Presidential debate. Clinton wins – but will it matter?
And if you didn’t like Trump before, you won’t like him after – and if you’ve stuck with Trump in spite of everything so far, you’ll probably stick with him some more.