From Reggie to Dessie: Davis goes on tour – “like Gladstone, but without the sense of humour”

Plus: Boris wrecks the Black and White Ball. Colonel Simpson meets the Romanovs. Soames contra mundum. And: swimming lessons with Penny Mordaunt.

Iain Dale: Over at Corbyn Central, the comrades are eating each other

Plus: Trump v Sanders? Beckett’s report: smell the ostrich dung. And: I have never used poppers.

Chris Whitehouse: Ministers must stop obfuscating – and admit that killings by Isis are genocide

How else can the systematic rape and murder of Christians possibly be described?

Terry Barnes: Don’t rule out Trump winning the Presidency

The President is also de facto leader of much of the world, and the current Republican front runner presents a truly frightening prospect.

The Clinton campaign shows that establishment politicians aren’t as well-established as they think

Hillary Clinton finds herself under serious pressure from the American equivalent of Jeremy Corbyn.

Clinton is smothering a generation of Democrats

Like Gordon Brown she is stifling a competition, and the prospect of renewing her party, to satiate a deep-seated sense of entitlement.

Garvan Walshe: After Nemtsov’s murder, Putin’s banditry must be confronted

As the Kremlin’s money grows scarce, more repression will take its place.

Popular support for capitalism can’t be taken for granted

Ultimately, the fight for free markets comes down to emotion not economics, the heart not the wallet.

Jeremy Brier: Keep calm and keep supporting Israel, Mr Cameron

The Prime Minister must resist growing pressure to soften or abandon his backing for a nation which deserves our support.

Three reasons why conservatives should welcome an Elizabeth Warren challenge to Hillary Clinton

The Democrats love to portray their Republican opponents as the tools of big business, but they themselves are up to their necks in big money politics

Jacob Zenn: The West must unite against Boko Haram

One hundred days after the kidnapping of 250 girls, a new report urges drastic action to defeat the terrorist group.

The Conservative Party still needs to be reformed: Here’s how to go about it

On both sides of the Atlantic, reformist conservatives are trying to change their parties.

Anne Jenkin & Brooks Newmark MP: The Party needs more women candidates – and here’s how to get them

Unless there is a significant increase in women MPs at the 2015 general election, we will need to look at this issue in detail, and all options should be on the table.