Lewis Baston: Why bids to reform the House of Lords fail

Even more than party disagreements over what should replace it, the idea of a very powerful second chamber is out of constitutional fashion.

Iain Dale: Fox was right. Most European countries need to bury their twentieth century history.

Plus: Hammond’s blunder. Peers’ folly. Stephen Hawking is not, repeat not, controlled by MI5. And: my inner Mary Whitehouse meets Katie Hopkins’ slack vagina.

Thatcher didn’t dare sack Heseltine. But now May has done so.

His position as an adviser was more than decorative and he will be a loss. But as someone or other once put it, there is no alternative.

Ian St John: The idealist philosopher who can guide modern Conservatives

The ethical teachings of FH Bradley are the ideal starting point for rediscovering the social dimension of Conservatism.

George Maggs: Brexit, our Commonwealth friends – and a chance to discover the deepest sense of our national interest

Our real interests derive from forging understandings and ties with countries which have traditionally considered themselves British in all but name.

Richard Black: Now is the time for the UK to lead NATO

We should not only meet our spending minimum, but exceed it in order to maximise our vital strategic and tactical needs.

Michael Tomlinson: Brexit is the greatest opportunity for free trade and prosperity since the repeal of the Corn Laws

Tomorrow marks the anniversary of Peel moving his great measure – to which much of the Lords was also opposed.

Eric Pickles: Netanyahu’s visit. It would be fitting were Britain later to sign its first free trade deal with the Middle East’s only true democracy.

Our relationship with Israel makes us safer, healthier, and more prosperous.

Graham Evans: The fight for truth and against Holocaust denial must continue

Today we mark Holocaust Memorial Day.

“NATO – the cornerstone of the West’s defence”. The Prime Minister’s speech to the Republican Party Congress: full text

“Let us renew the relationship that can lead the world towards the promise of freedom and prosperity marked out by those ordinary citizens 240 years ago.”

Charles Nettlefold: What May can learn from the Chamberlains

She has expressed admiration for Joe, the ambitious social reformer and staunch unionist, but his sons have their own lessons to teach.

Andrew Murrison: International trade. Why small markets matter – and what we should do to get into them

Cortés burnt his ships, thus making a retreat to Europe impossible – and an advance into the New World the only way forward. May now faces her own Cortes Moment.

Alex Morton: Prepare for Javid’s push to help build more of the homes we need

The vast majority of people are neither Not-In-My-Backyarders nor Yes-In-My-Backyarders but Maybe-In-My-Backyarders.

George Maggs: The reason at the heart of anxiety about mass immigration

No, it isn’t racism. Nor is it economic consequences. Nor even the impact on
public services. Rather, it cuts to the heart of why countries exist at all.

Why do we keep mentioning the war?

Our folk memory of World War Two is based as much in cinematic fiction as in real history. But that’s pretty hard to explain to our European neighbours.