WATCH: Ashworth – Labour would drop two metre rule “under certain circumstances”

“But we also need to see greater use of facemasks” and “let’s get testing and tracing up and running”, says the Shadow Health Secretary.

Profile: Rishi Sunak, rising star of the Johnson project

He is tipped by some as a future Prime Minister, but is more plausibly seen as a future Chancellor.

Iain Dale: What happened at the President’s Club was no worse than many women’s events

Plus: Vicious Cybernats. Bolton’s brass neck. Widdecombe’s ratings. Johnson’s death wish. And: the courage of my friend Tessa Jowell.

Iain Dale: The Tory election campaign. Where oh where is Boris?

Plus: Tories – too vague. UKIP – too specific. LibDems: what are they for? Why the polls could all be wrong. And: I win an award, and am baffled.

Jesse Norman MP: Where PPE went wrong – Oakeshott’s liberal learning, language, and the university

His critique of the teaching of politics is a simple one. In his view, it is not a mode of experience. So the language of politics is not genuinely a language of explanation.

Iain Dale: Cross my palm with silver – as I peer into my crystal ball for 2015…

Plus: My Big Fat New Wedding. An invitation to Roger Bird. And: Happy New Year to you all. P.S: Here is my, er, prediction success rate for last year.

Iain Dale: London Mayor. The Conservative candidacy. My intentions. An announcement.

And this week’s column contains a mystery closing message to the Prime Minister.