Andrew Mitchell: Asylum seekers. As matters stand, it would be irresponsible to vote for these new deportation measures.

You should not have to risk your life in a small boat. You should be able to apply at a British embassy and arrive on a plane.

David Gauke: Oomph and optimism don’t always vanquish the doomsters and gloomsters

Here are six recent examples of how the Prime Minister has been mugged by reality.

Asylum seekers and economic migrants. Where is the place that would allow us to process applications offshore?

The hunt will go on – for the logic behind the Home Office’s quest for a nation to host our facilities is sound.

Stephen Booth: The main benefits of joining this Pacific trade partnership would be strategic

Future deals will be important but they should be viewed as a means to an end rather than an end in of themselves

Daniel Hannan: Revolutionary Iran is a threat to our national security – not just regional stability. It must be confronted and defeated.

During the years when the West sought to draw Iran back into the comity of nations, the ayatollahs backed terrorist bombs, cyberattacks, and drone shootings.

Eighteen countries express solidarity with the UK by expelling Russian ‘diplomats’

The “extraordinary international response by our allies” amounts to “the largest collective expulsion of Russian intelligence officers ever”, Johnson says.

Daniel Hannan: A century since the Communists began their mass slaughter, some still have not learned the lessons

Is it truly necessary to keep reciting these arguments? Sadly, yes – in each generation some people are drawn to brutal ideologies.

Alastair Harper: May’s passion for ending modern slavery – and what should be done next

We will now see the creation of the first task force on modern slavery. Here are further ways for the task force to make progress.

Lord Ashcroft: Why I’m for Brexit. Yes, there are risks in leaving. But the risks of Remain are bigger.

Crucially, voting to stay does not mean voting to keep the status quo.

Eamonn Butler: This EU referendum. Just why are so many on both sides so sick-makingly sentimental about the NHS?

Both sides in this campaign are pandering to our least rational, most visceral emotions.

Today, Gove is attacked over his immigration warnings…as Austria is poised to elect a Far Right President

The core question for many British voters is a simple one: do they really trust the EU to play its part in controlling migration across the continent effectively?

Gove’s EU speech: key extracts

“For Britain, voting to leave will be a galvanising, liberating, empowering moment of patriotic renewal.”

Lord Ashcroft: What my research found German and French people think about Britain and the EU

“The Brits would be happier outside. But we don’t want them to leave.”