Ziya Meral: Most Britons with migrant origins are natural Tories. Here’s why the Conservatives are losing them.

Most discussions are held as if there are no migrants in the room, and somehow migrants don’t hear what is being said about them.

Stephan Shakespeare: Voters may like what Cameron is now saying about the EU, but they may also not believe it

Polling on Europe suggests that people love to see it criticised, but are nervous about breaking away.

Russell Brand is a secret agent of Grant Shapps

The main effect of his efforts will be to persuade younger left-wing people not to vote.

Richard Benyon MP: A pact with UKIP? Time for some facts

All the evidence of polling and experience shows that a pact would make the centre-right’s electoral position worse – not better.

Interview: Andrew Tyrie – “These are tax cuts being offered before the headroom for them is available”

The Chairman of the Treasury Select Committee on the effects of ring-fencing; his opposition to HS2, and why the Scots should keep the proceeds of North Sea Oil.

Immigration won’t win the Conservatives the election

Cameron shouldn’t abandon his campaign on the economy and security.

Nadhim Zahawi MP: Labour says “The UK isn’t Greece”. Indeed. Because they don’t govern Britain.

By sticking to our guns we have now the fastest growing economy in the G7 under this Conservative-led Government.

Iain Dale: How the election leaders’ debates should happen

Plus: Anti-smoking nannies. A part in Salmond’s downfall. Labour’s anti-UKIP plan (lack of). Thatcher tribute. And: Shapps doesn’t chose chaps.

Osborne should cut National Insurance for poorer workers

…So many of whom are in those Northern and Midlands marginals.

The two battlegrounds that hold the key to a Conservative majority

The Conservative Party clearly has a UKIP problem, but it also has an urban problem. Too many Tories seem to recognise one without acknowledging the other.

Lord Ashcroft: Don’t blame it on the Coalition – how the parties have failed the test set in 2010

There are hard truths for each of the three established parties.

The TV election debates. Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go. Bring on Cameron and the seven dwarves.

P.S: Actually, it’s now unlikely that these will happen at all.

Edward Leigh MP: The mistakes by our leadership that helped UKIP gain its first MP

The Coalition must end now.

Yes, a great night for UKIP. But what will matter most next May is the marginals.

Which of the three main parties will it put over the line in these seats – and which, if any, could it win itself?

If Labour wins the next election as a core vote party it will govern as a core vote party

Despite appearances, Labour hasn’t lost the plot – quite the opposite in fact.