Luke de Pulford: As genocide is wreaked on the Yazadis, the Foreign Office averts its eyes

Why is the Government allowing itself to be bullied into accepting this baseless policy by civil servants?

Nadhim Zahawi: Tampon taxes, steel dumping – and why the time has come to leave the EU

One of my constituents asked me: what’s the point of having MPs if they can’t make this sort of decision? He was right.

Daniel Hannan: Trump’s rise is harming the Republican Party, America and democracy itself

Time after time, the general population has proved to be wiser than the elites. Until now.

Could Trump happen here?

The current price of protection against Tea Party politics is the risk of Potemkin parties.

Nadhim Zahawi: The Tea Party provides a warning to Labour

I believe we Conservatives will be able to unite again after the EU referendum. Meanwhile, Labour Labour are seeking to remove the ideologically impure from their party.

Nicholas Mazzei: Trident is a 20th century weapon in a 21st century world. It’s out of date – so let’s ditch it.

By 2030, technology and cyber space will have changed warfare to such an extent that spending billions of pounds on nuclear weapons will look practically pre-historic.

Fraser Raleigh: British Conservatives and American Republicans are drifting further and further apart

It is a case of adapt of die. With Cameron, we adapted. With Trump and Cruz, the Republicans are refusing to do so.

Donal Blaney: Scalia’s untimely death has robbed America of its greatest jurist

He leaves behind a treasure trove of judgments that act as a beacon of hope for all those who love liberty.

Rebecca Coulson: On being English, sorry, British.

I love it. I think. Here is why.

Iain Dale: Over at Corbyn Central, the comrades are eating each other

Plus: Trump v Sanders? Beckett’s report: smell the ostrich dung. And: I have never used poppers.

Mark Field MP: How we should use drones against terrorists

We need a new legal framework to govern their use.

Iain Dale: As this new year begins, I gaze again into my crystal balls

Plus: Loathsome Winston McKenzie. Alex Salmond, Thatcher fan. The indestructible Keith Vaz. And: my interview with Charles Moore is well worth a listen.

James Horrax: Corbyn and Trump are damaging their own parties. Let’s not make the same mistake.

We must handle the coming EU referendum and leadership election with decency, tolerance and unity of purpose.

Alex Deane: The Home Secretary’s false Trump card

May’s flirtation with populist demands to ban the Republican frontrunner is out of kilter with her record of considered decision-making.

Daniel Hannan: 2015 was the best year in human history, and 2016 will be better yet

Whether we measure literacy or longevity, infant mortality or sexual equality, the world in 2015 was a better place during this past twelve months.