Patrick Timms: Blame the unions, not teachers themselves, if our schools don’t re-open

With a ten-year background working in the education sector, I know that teachers are some of the most dedicated people you will ever meet.

Darren Grimes: Today, it’s Conservatives who are the real rebels – against woke conformity and the cancel culture

The more of us that come out of the closet – the political one – the more tolerant and reflective our culture will become.

Slave Lives Matter. The anti-slavery campaign that every Conservative should join.

Building on May’s legacy will mean grinding, attritional work – which the hard left and extremist parties are neither interested in nor capable of doing.

WATCH: McDonnell – “There’s always a bit of a tussle”, but Labour is not riven by factional warfare

The Shadow Chancellor responds to allegations from Lisa Nandy about the hard left’s conduct during Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership.

Boris, Actually

Today’s choice is between Marxist extremists and a Conservative Government different from its predecessors only in that it wants to leave the European Union.

Ryan Bourne: Johnson’s policy prospectus is tainted by interventionism, statism, collectivism – and could be a lot worse.

We economic liberals should be cautiously thankful for the stay of execution that his leadership and manifesto have given us.

James Cleverly: We need one last push, with your help, to deliver Brexit, stop Corbyn – and win

In 2017, 51 MPs were returned with majorities of less than a thousand. That’s 51 results potentially determined by an extra hour on the doorstep,

Andrew Green: Labour’s immigration policy is a threat to the country’s future

In the longer term, the aim of the hard left is to increase the size of the ethnic community so as to cement left-wing power.

Daniel Hannan: Castro. Chávez – and now Morales. That these tyrants are Corbyn’s heroes should make us very, very frightened.

His attitude ought to worry us. I mean that literally. All these men believed that the end justified the means.

Robert Halfon: I’ve been told that, if Corbyn wins, the Conservative Party and I will be sued for negligence

“Now I want a nice clean game from all of you” – so said Madam Hooch in Harry Potter. The reality is, it’s not going to happen.

Iain Dale: Beyond Westminster, Johnson’s stock with the public remains high

Plus: The far left really has captured Labour’s conference; too many Conservatives misunderstand the Supreme Court; and my conference agenda.

Henry Hill: McDonnell reminds us wherein lies the real threat to the Union

Labour politicians pandering to nationalist sentiment, and Remainers colluding with separatists in Parliament, are a clear and present danger.

Chloe Westley: Is it right to describe and denounce Cultural Marxism?

There are better ways to describe the problem of left-wing bias – such as what I would more accurately describe as identity politics, or postmodernism.

The Independent Group. A problem for the Conservatives but a danger for Labour.

Tory difficulties are bound up with Brexit. Labour’s stretch wider, and are part of wider ones for social democratic and democratic socialist parties.

Garvan Walshe: Can civil war be avoided in Venezuela?

A wise US president with a clever plan would be able to reduce the risks. But this one may well squander the opportunity for a peaceful return to democracy.