Peter Walker: Ill-judged PR stunts undermine public respect for the police
At a time of budget cuts, mounting pressure, and waning deference to authority, officers deserve better than headlines like these.
Chamali Fernando: An opt-out system is not enough for organ donation. Here’s what should be done.
Donor expenses incurred in the transplantation process could be reimbursed in the same way that UK egg and sperm donors are compensated.
Nick Paget-Brown: Why I’m not seeking re-election in 2018
My continuation as a councillor would be likely to serve as a distraction as the council deals with major, pressing issues.
Henry Newman: My take from Brussels this week. The EU side wants to ramp up the pressure – not wind down the talks.
There’s more than a hint in the air that they are happy to let the negotiation get sticky – and wait for capital to flee the UK and for investment to plummet.
Bruce Newsome: Conservatives need to re-engage in the battle of ideas on campus
The Right’s retreat from academia and colleges means students are being indoctrinated with the stale orthodoxies of lefty liberalism.
Ben Bradley: My generation of 25-45 year olds should be the heartland of Conservative politics.
There’s a place for having a go at Corbyn – how could we not when so much of what he says is so indefensible? – but it has to be combined with our plan for a better life.
Terry Barnes: A disaster for the centre-right. Its last effective Anglosphere government falls in New Zealand
It has been dispatched by one man – New Zealand First’s party leader, Winston Peters, who has Labour’s inexperienced leader in his pocket.
Danny Stone: Conservatives are right to fight anti-semitism – but beware making it a political football
Condemnation of such bigotry in other political parties must not be reduced to partisan mudslinging.
Siobhan Baillie: Cohabiting couples deserve a change in the law
The modern family is changing, and the law should change with it. In any event, the traditional view of marriage has already been overhauled by the Conservatives.
Alex Wild: Build houses, abolish NICs for people under 30. How to win younger peoples’ votes.
The youth vote is not one homogenous lump: more than half of school leavers won’t go to university, and won’t benefit from more generous student loan terms.
Sam Gyimah: The time to develop a bright vision for post-Brexit social reform is right now
We must follow the example of Beveridge, Butler and Willink.
Dan Boucher: There should be Conservative/Mutual MPs, as well as Labour/Co-Op MPs
The centenary of the Co-operative Party challenges us to re-assert the link between conservatism and the mutual economic model.
Alexander Temerko: The Conservative Party needs reform from top to bottom
Party members should elect our next Chairman and other key figures. Through this process, we will be able to identify talented candidates and platforms.
George Maggs: Conservatives must inculcate national pride in the younger generation
Pride in British history and institutions is an essential source of social cohesion in an increasingly diverse society.
John Stevenson: Let’s have a Brexit settlement that all can live with – by joining EFTA
It would be the easiest, least disruptive, and most productive way for this country to genuinely leave the EU until we have a bespoke UK-EU deal.