Iain Dale: 400,000 police records have gone. In the Blair years, home secretaries were forced to resign over less.

Plus: Where have Allegra Stratton’s live press conferences got to? And why I hate Twitter.

Garvan Walshe: Conservatives need to choose. Are they with democracy or with the Capitol terrorists?

The main issue is not that the latter’s actions are extreme, but that they’re anti-constitutional.

You’re either for Trump or against him. The Republicans can’t avoid a choice. And it’s best made now.

If an unpleasant medical procedure becomes unavoidable, it’s nearly always best not to put it off.  Pence should seek to move the 25th amendment.

Iain Dale: If Milling isn’t up to being Party Chairman, why was she appointed in the first place?

Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.

Ben Roback: Vice-presidential debates usually don’t matter. Tonight’s does – because either contender could be president soon.

With Trump’s health still uncertain and Biden an even older man, Pence v Harris may turn out to be very important indeed.

What will Trump’s illness mean for the US election?

In a very 2020 twist, the President has Covid-19. With just a month until the vote, does he have time to fight it off – or the GOP to replace him?

Trump is so cunning he has chosen, in Pence, a dull, loyal, evangelical running mate

America’s Constitution is remarkable not because it produces a stream of great Presidents, but because it survives the election of so many bad ones.

Ben Roback: A trade war between Washington and Brussels would be dire for the car industry

For many years, if you cut a Republican they bled free trade. No longer.

Nadhim Zahawi: Why Trump should not simply strike out alone at North Korea

Any military action against the country would be highly likely to create huge regional instability, economic disruption, as well as potential wider war and loss of life.

Garvan Walshe: Trump threatens the security of the Nordic nations

They have the capacity to make a larger contribution to Europe’s defence. They should do so.

Ben Roback: The Trump team members who could follow Flynn through the exit door

Republican lawmakers who don’t back Trump but have supported his agenda so far now have a real window of opportunity for opposition.

Ben Roback: The Republicans mull using the nuclear option to get their man into the Supreme Court

Gorsuch could be a conservative stalwart on the bench for decades to come, acting as a lasting pillar of Trump’s legacy.

Farage’s Trump card?

Three days on, he is still milking his visit to the President-elect for all it’s worth – and who can blame him?

Luke Tryl: A presidential debate that scraped the bottom of the gutter – which suited Trump nicely

A snap poll found that Hillary Clinton won, but that he exceeded expectations. The Republican candidate proved an effective counter-puncher.