Gareth Baines: How good Tory candidates in Wales were betrayed by a dire central campaign

Bit by bit and blunder by blunder, I watched CCHQ pull the rug from under our candidate.

James Barrington: Why advocates of the Hunting Act are running scared of repeal

A free vote on repeal gives legislators the opportunity to review the impact of the fox hunting ban. No wonder the law’s supporters are nervous.

Lord Ashcroft: “Vote Labour and get a free kitten” – my General Election focus groups, with three weeks to go

Previous Labour voters wondered whether the party’s pledges were credible or affordable.

It’s time for Conservatives to get over Thatcher, get on with May – and look forward, not back

The Prime Minister’s manifesto will have its flaws, but she has grasped the implications of Brexit more surely than any other senior politician.

Will Scottish MPs again try to vote on the hunting law in England?

There will probably be a majority in the new House of Commons to repeal the ban – despite the SNP’s mischief.

Tim Bonner: The Hunting Act has to go

It may not have closed hunts down, but a law rooted in prejudice and class warfare is a stain on the statute book.

Tim Bonner: The BBC must not be allowed to bend its impartiality rules

Splitting hairs over whether or not someone is a ‘recurring’ or ‘regular’ TV presenter shouldn’t allow someone to abuse a neutral platform.

Profile: Tracey Crouch, the Sports Minister who leads Conservative opposition to hunting

Could it be that she has done Cameron a favour by helping to avert a relaxation of the hunting ban?

WATCH: Anti-hunting groups welcome Sturgeon’s intervention

Brian May says opponents of the proposed amendment are “so grateful to the SNP”.

We mustn’t play Sturgeon’s aggravation game on hunting – or anything else.

The SNP are trying to provoke noisy confrontations to deepen divisions they can exploit. Patience and politeness should be our weapons.

This hunting row is all sound and fury

The ban is an ineffective fudge, and the proposed changes small. The stakes in the coming Parliamentary vote are probably much lower than either side likes to let on.

Iain Dale: Why is CCHQ fixing the London Mayoral Conservative candidate selection?

Plus: Greenhalgh impresses as only three candidates show at a hustings. Osborne’s minimum wage. And: Hunting – I don’t like posh people on horses killing foxes.

Simon Hart MP: The few who e-mail MPs the most don’t represent the many

90 per cent of the missives that come my way are from the same tiny number of electronic activists who engage with each and every call to action.

Five reasons Labour can’t be trusted with the countryside

They have never understood rural issues, and they still don’t.

Forget hunting – why do we repeal so rarely?

Regular ‘Bills of Repeal’ might counter the sad Tory tendency to resign ourselves to poor and illiberal legislation.