Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Harman scores off Cameron by telling him to stop gloating

The Prime Minister was plainly wounded by the suggestion that he does not know how to behave.

Planning an EU referendum campaign? Here are the three facts you need to know

Tony Blair is the least trusted voice on the issue. But Nigel Farage is the second least trusted.

How Blair and Miliband stood out from their predecessors

To The Point returns to Labour’s past leadership elections.

Nadhim Zahawi MP: In this new Parliament and amidst an uncertain world, we need a well-supported Foreign Office

To do the job effectively, our diplomatic staff need to supply the best possible advice to government. Yet lack of manpower and lack of time are making that job harder.

Sanjoy Sen: In next year’s Scottish elections, we must be hot on Labour’s tail

Opportunities for Scotland’s Conservatives lie ahead – if the right organisation and resources can be found.

Anthony Calvert: My opponent, Mary Creagh. A symbol of the damage that political correctness has wreaked on Labour

Twenty years at Harriet Harman’s high altar of all women shortlists and selection quotas are duly delivering their reward – for the Conservatives.

How Blair avoided the unions’ kiss of death

Unlike every other victorious Labour leadership candidate of the past 30 years, he drew most of his support from party members and MPs.

Quentin Langley: A secret of our recent success. We understand the Left better than it understands us.

We think they’re mistaken. They simply think we’re evil. And their error may have contributed to the failure of the polls.

The Blair way back? Labour’s big tent is being pulled apart

Thursday again proved that Labour cannot win from the left. But the voters who once made up their winning coalition are now deeply at odds with each other.

This victory was predicted: Conservative candidates knew they were doing better than the polls said

It was perfectly possible to foresee where undecided voters were likely to go when at last they got round to making up their minds.

Election Sketch: Why the Scots are so keen to register a massive protest vote against Labour

Labour voters in Douglas Alexander’s seat are furious at being treated as “a second-class nation” and “bullied” during the referendum.

Julian McCrae: Four tests for establishing whether the new Government means to keep its manifesto promises

The appointment of ministers following the election in May 2015 will be a critical indication of whether the necessary political drive is still there.

Lord Forsyth has a point

The nub of his case is that the long-term future of the Union is more important than this election campaign – which is, by its nature, short-term.

Election sketch: Bolton West wants to talk about immigration

In this acutely marginal seat, Labour looks even more vulnerable than the Conservatives to attack by UKIP.

Could Labour’s days as a national force be numbered?

The march of the populist left could see the party confined to its heartlands – or stripped of them.