Corbyn, terror’s useful idiot

There is no foreign policy that could appease the likes of the Manchester terrorists. Islamists damn us if we intervene, and damn us if we don’t.

After “the biggest ransomeware offensive in history”, how safe is our personal data – which the state requires others to keep?

We should be asking ourselves whether the law is putting our data more at risk than the balance between collective and personal security requires.

Ben Roback: Trump has banished Comey, but his Russia problems will prove harder to dispel

The President’s decision has aroused concern in both parties, and drawn attention once again to an issue he is desperate to shake off.

Simon Tilbrook: I’m a lifelong Labour supporter and an arch-Remainer. Here’s why I’m voting Conservative.

Corbyn is unfitted to public office of any sort. All sensible Labour folk know it, but many cannot currently bring themselves to say it outright.

Iain Dale: Ignore the conventional wisdom. So far, Johnson has hardly put a foot wrong.

Plus: The coming local elections. My predictions – Liberal Democrats up, Conservatives up, UKIP down, Labour down – and maybe Corbyn out later this year.

Regime change in Syria. Through diplomacy, yes – if possible. Through war, no.

The Government seems to get the message, but Conservative MPs should be vigilant. An Islamist government in Damascus would be in neither Syria’s interest nor ours.

Iain Duncan Smith: At long last, the USA has shown clear commitment to act against Assad

Obama’s desperate and impotent decision to abandon the Middle East to the Russians is being overturned. Not before time.

Nicky Morgan: I’ve voted for military action in Syria before – and am ready to do so again if necessary

A consequence of Brexit is a danger that the UK ends up having less influence on EU member states over such responses – or sanctions against Russia.

WATCH: On Syria, Patel says “our engagement is with everyone”

She contends that a “negotiated political solution” is essential, and that “Russia has an important role to play here, as well”.

Syria. Conservative MPs should reserve their options – and ring the whips

They will be asking themselves if they want to sign a blank cheque for an American President whose foreign policy is so impulsive and apparently ill thought through.

Britain must not be drawn into the civil war in Syria

Let’s hope that Trump’s missile strikes on the Assad regime work. But May and her government must be a force for restraint if they don’t.

The debate about Britain’s future is already settled. There will be an Open Brexit – because we have no other choice.

There is much more to politics than an affordable state and competitive taxes. But both will be indispensible for survival, let alone prosperity, after we leave the EU.

Daniel Hannan: A century since the Communists began their mass slaughter, some still have not learned the lessons

Is it truly necessary to keep reciting these arguments? Sadly, yes – in each generation some people are drawn to brutal ideologies.

The majority of Tory members believe Putin’s Russia is an enemy of the UK

The minority who believe Russia is an ally against Islamist extremism were outnumbered more than three to one.

WATCH: “It’s time to get on with leaving the European Union”. May’s EU summit press speech.

The Prime Minister also sets out how Britain is tackling the migration crisis and Russian attempts to destabilise the Balkans.