We need spies in Britain more than we need bombs in Syria

The case for attacking ISIS there will vary. That for tackling Islamist extremism here does not.

Lewis Baston: How a centrist Tory leader won a landslide victory over left-wing Labour – 80 years ago tomorrow

Nearly every observer expected the same result – a Conservative win with a reduced majority. This as found to be in error when the votes were counted.

WATCH: Hammond on Egypt, British holiday-makers and terror

“We know that there are people in this country who would love to smuggle an explosive device onto aeroplanes.”

Cameron must rediscover the will to wage war

The Prime Minister’s insistence on Parliamentary consent – which he does not need – for operational decisions is crippling Britain’s capacity to act decisively.

Leo Docherty: Sisi is a far better option for Egypt than the Muslim Brotherhood

Those protesting against the President’s visit present no viable alternative.

The UK’s slow slide down the military spending chart

Western governments have cut back. They’ve done so in expectation of a more peaceful world.

Rebecca Coulson: Why we have to find a way to intervene

Sometimes it’s easy, sometimes it’s difficult, but sometimes, it’s simply wrong for the people of one country – or many – to sit by and watch those of another suffer.

Tobias Ellwood MP: Welcome, President Nazarbayev. Why this Government wants Kazakhstan to be Britain’s partner of choice

It will take forward further reforms in governance, rule of law and human rights – all areas in which we are already providing support.

Eric Pickles MP: Why is the Foreign Office turning a blind eye to Palestinian incitement of violence?

It should not equate the acts of a handful of extremists on the very fringes of Israeli society to the state-sanctioned incitement of violence rife within Palestinian society.

Alan Duncan MP: Palestinian statehood – closer to recognition, further from reality

A year on since the Commons voted to recognise Palestinian statehood, we must apply proper diplomatic pressure and see it as an essential moral issue of our time.

Helen Whately MP: On Syrian refugees, Britain must show that we’re on the right side of the moral argument

Every official we met welcomed us for showing an interest in the situation in Turkey. And they consistently called on us to do more: “this isn’t sustainable”.

Ziya Meral: Now is the time to build closer relations between Britain and Turkey

The terror attack in Ankara should act as a spur to greater co-operation. We need to support a country pivotal to protecting Europe’s borders.

Garvan Walshe: No, we shouldn’t be suckered by Putin into supporting Assad

The Russian scheme has a major, obvious flaw: the Syrian regime is mostly fighting not ISIS, but other armed groups.

John Baron MP: What we should do in Syria. Work with Russia, Iran and, yes, Assad to destroy Daesh

Without this strategic step-change in our approach, the UK’s involvement in air strikes would achieve very little, and could be counter-productive.

A Commons vote on air strikes. What will count is the Tory backbench view – and not just Labour’s

Reports today concentrate on what Labour would do and whether it would split. But a lesson from 2013 is that Cameron must be careful how he handles his own party.