James Frayne: Polls suggest the Government will not face a backlash for the principle of withdrawal in Afghanistan

Mainly because people didn’t want troops to be there (or in the Middle East) in the first place.

Robert Halfon: We need more groups like Us for Them, one of the few campaigners for pupils’ rights during lockdown

The last year has been a national disaster for our young people. Never again should we shut our schools.

Nathen Allen: Starmer’s efforts to make Labour seem patriotic aren’t fooling anyone

For the lost Labour seats of the Red Wall, Labour is simply still the party of Britain-bashing and university Marxists.

Mattie Heaven: Iran’s government is a terrorist regime. British Ministers must face this truth – and act on it.

Maintaining the current diplomatic relations would be a devastating mistake – potentially with fatal consequences.

Crispin Blunt and Sue Pascoe: It’s time to correct the stoking of alarm and spreading of misinformation about trans people

As a Party, we should hold out a helping hand to all those who still face the difficulties of daily life – who still cannot be their authentic selves.

Neil O’Brien: Bullying, hostage taking, censorship, bribery. How China is dealing with its critics abroad.

Economically and politically, Beijing takes advantage of asymmetric openness: we’re open to them, but they are not to us.

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.

Phoebe Griffith: Like Hannan, I have lived in Peru. But my take on its recent story is very different.

The legacy of the Fujimorista regime has shaped Peru to this day, and has been far more pervasive and corrosive than General Velasco’s.

Howard Flight: Why the time has come for drug legalisation

Confessions of use in their youth by politicians raises the case for controlled legalisation – at least of ‘soft’ substances, if not yet of hard ones.

Dominic Walsh: What a customs union does and doesn’t do – and how it compares to the backstop.

Precisely because it would be a rather unnecessary addition to the current deal, it is hard to argue that the proposal would be a disaster for Brexit.

Natasha Hausdorff: The proscription of Hezbollah is welcome – though overdue

It will be a significant step forward in keeping this heinous organisation from inciting hatred on our streets.

Daniel Hannan: The Gang of Four caused a split. The Gang of Eight have caused only a splinter.

As long as traditional Labour voters stick with the party, opportunities for the Independent Group will be limited.

Alastair Thompson: Corbyn – an apologist for the tyrant who rules Venezuela by fear. Let a Commons vote put him on the spot.

Let’s see if Labour stands with Venezuela’s oppressed. For what party could truly say that it supports labour, while lending support to the butchery of labourers?

WATCH: “Britain is open for business” was May’s message to the G20

The Prime Minister says she told world leaders “we are looking forward to future trade agreements”.

Ben Roback: Shelbrooke scours the world for campaigning advice and new alliances

The Conservative Party’s Vice Chair for International tells me about his priorities in the role.