“The police got their man” – whatever you think of Green, the behaviour of these officers is a disgrace

Even had he been found completely guilty of all allegations, it still wouldn’t be acceptable for the police in misuse their powers in this way.

WATCH: Howard – Retired officers leaking against Green are “damaging…trust” on which British policing is based

“Damian was my Parliamentary neighbour for many years – he’s denied it, I believe him.”

Andrew Mitchell: The Home Office’s Immigration Removal Centres are a dystopian stain on our democracy

Thirty thousand people a year are imprisoned in awful conditions, without any release date, and with no trial or judicial oversight.

James Frayne: Healthcare, crime and justice, quality retirement and the provinces. Four priorities for the Centre-Right

It ought to be focused on those areas that the public really care about and where it can meaningfully offer useful policy ideas.

Benedict Rogers: The plight of Burma’s Muslims is stoking Islamist extremism here – one of many reasons why Britain must act

Britain should call in the Burmese ambassador, suspend its training programme with the Burma Army, and continue to press at the UN.

David Goodhart and Richard Norrie: Indiscriminate on discrimation. Two recent reports that must not lead Ministers astray.

David Lammy and the Social Mobility Commission both made a big splash on the basis of weak evidence and flawed assumptions.

Michael Farmer: How family members can help prisoners to break their cycle of crime

The final piece in our five-part series on ConHome on a new Manifesto to Strengthen Families, which was launched in Parliament this week.

David Lidington: Mutual recognition of UK and EU courts would show that both sides are putting citizens first

After we leave the EU, there will still be cross-border disputes that individuals and businesses need to settle.

It’s a slur to label these grooming gangs “Asian” – they’re Pakistani and Muslim

There is a specific problem in Pakistan, especially where the majority of the Christians and Hindus respectively live, about non-Muslims being viewed as inferior.

James Frayne: Five bits of advice that May’s new Communications Director should give her

“We’re badly trailing in the polls. Corbyn’s up and you’re down. You hired me to get things done and tell you how I see it. Here goes.”

Kieron O’Hara: How liberalism can undermine the foundations on which it is built

Put harshly, it can be the ideology of the free-rider, the citizen who neglects the demands of citizenship.

Duncan Sim: Global Britain must advance Britain’s soft power – not just our trade

Our new report argues that the Government must focus on security, climate change, human rights, and other shared international agendas and challenges.

Ben Rochelle: The Government must commit to youth justice reform

Plans to make rehabilitation the primary legal purpose of the system seem to have been dropped after the general election.

Benedict Rogers: Twenty years on from leaving Hong Kong, Britain risks selling its honour – as China flouts and abuses justice

As Patten says, the Joint Declaration gives us a specific responsibility to ensure that China’s promises are upheld – which we are not meeting.

Henry Newman: Now it’s the EU that’s mishandling the future treatment of its nationals in Britain

Many of Brussels’ demands, including for continued oversight by the European Court, are quite simply preposterous.