Iain Dale: Let’s send pro-reform, bone-dry Theresa Villiers to Brussels

Plus: The shuffle I want. Brown flops. Why on earth do Conservative Governments pour millions into Liverpool? And: In memory of Andy Wilson.

Lewis Baston: The national election that saw the highest Conservative vote in the age of democracy

The 1979 saw the election of a group of Tories to the European Parliament whose enthusiasm for the European project is part of a vanished age.

Joe Storey: New Labour is still a danger

Voters should remember the damage that the Blair and Brown-led governments are responsible for.

Heresy of the week: Europhiles should welcome the AfD’s membership of the ECR

The only reason why David Cameron directed Tory MEPs to vote against the AfD is because Angela Merkel told him to

It was the wider ECR, not most Tory MEPs, who defied Cameron on the AfD

For a refreshing change, we have European allies more eurosceptic than our party.

Welcome, Alternative für Deutschland

Today’s ECR decision is a stark reminder of the gap that separates the Christian Democrat and Conservative visions of Europe.

Lord Ashcroft: Labour lead by four points in my latest national poll

The Conservatives lead on the economy – but that doesn’t yet necessarily translate into voting for them.

The pointless battle over Jean-Claude Juncker

He’s a dreadful federalist – but so are all the other candidates. They’re a symptom, not the problem itself.

Iain Dale: My Queen’s Speech. The Liberal Democrats (Abolition of) Bill. The 40p tax threshold up. The Joanna Lumley (Listed status) Bill…

And: Plastic bags. Britain’s arch-nemesis. Norman Tebbit, my hero. Norman Baker, not my hero. Plus: Lutfur Rahman isn’t brave enough to come on my programme.

Jaber Jabbour: Is it racist to give Europeans open-door immigration rights?

Britain’s immigration system should be based on migrants’ merit, not their nationality.

WATCH: Blair – “Keep us as part of Europe”

“Most of these people come in and work really hard in our country.”

Priti Patel MP: Europe isn’t working. The time to reform, repatriate and renegotiate is now.

After last week’s results, the public will expect all UK MEPs to get behind the Prime Minister’s plan.

How many heads does it take to demolish a brick wall?

How will we persuade the EU to end free movement when we can’t even persuade them to ditch Jean-Claude Juncker?

Andrew Marshall: We may be losing Eastern European voters for the next 50 years

Just as we failed to turn immigrant voters Conservative in the ’60s and ’70s, I fear we’re repeating the mistake today.

What does Number 10 really think about Callanan for EU Commissioner?

An opaque process helps no-one.