Iain Dale: How I deprived the Queen and the French Ambassador of an audience

Plus: Making polite chat with Ted Heath. Musing on Boris Johnson’s future. Alan Clark on crack. And: My mucker Chuka.

Lord Ashcroft: Some surprises in my latest constituency polling – and a look at the leaders’ backyards

Plus, should Nigel Farage be standing in Doncaster North rather than Thanet South?

From Reggie to Dessie: My Pale, Male and Stale plan to interview prospective leadership candidates

Of course our efforts at Rochester weren’t helped by the glitches in the new CCHQ computer “Darth Vader”.

Lord Ashcroft: Labour are five points ahead in this week’s Ashcroft National Poll

Voters are divided over which of the two main parties will be in Government after next May – yet also expect Cameron to be Prime Minister.

Patrick Nicholls: Europe’s back! An open letter to David Cameron

Dear Prime Minister, here is a way to save your country and your party.

Charlotte Leslie MP: And the real Heir to Blair is…Nigel Farage

They are touching the same sensitive spot that makes the public go gooey as Blair touched – in the same way, but with different lines.

Ali Miraj: What’s driving voters to UKIP? Muddy policy and an absence of authenticity

Westminster should ditch the focus group-driven platitudes. At least with Farage, whether you like him or not, you know where he stands.

Sir Edward Leigh MP: So you want an inclusive Conservative Party? Here’s how to build one.

Metropolitan liberals, social conservatives, free marketers, old-fashioned patriots. The first is the ascendancy. But all must have their place.

Ed West: Tim Montgomerie has ten reasons for not voting for UKIP. Here are ten of mine for doing so.

Why I disagree with the case set out on this site by its former Editor a week ago.

“If you vote UKIP, the value of your house will go down.” Seriously?

The latest claim isn’t just flimsy, it’s implausible – and a gift to UKIP.

Stephen Tall: How did it come to this? The Lib Dems’ seven key Coalition moments

From tuition fees to those Farage debates: the story of how my party went from Cleggmania to single digits in under five years.

Lord Ashcroft: Labour and the Conservatives are still within a point of each other in this week’s poll

Ed Miliband is the only party leader who is less popular among swing voters than among the electorate as a whole.

The knives are out for UKIP’s O’Flynn

The party’s Economy spokesman is under attack – and the ‘People’s Army’ are well-practiced in infighting.

Ten reasons why I won’t be joining UKIP

But the Conservatives need fundamental change.

What’s wrong with Hampstead? In defence of Miliband.

As it happens, I live only a few hundred yards from his house.