Lord Ashcroft: An open letter to Alok Sharma, the new International Development Secretary

We should measure the success of our aid programmes by the good we achieve, not simply by the amount of money we spend.

Garvan Walshe: One hundred years on, the Balfour Declaration casts a shadow on Catalonia

Self-determination always involves conflict. In some cases that is justified, a conflict of necessity. In others it is not.

Daniel Hannan: Uganda shows the power of the free market in action

A comparison with its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is stark.

Carswell scorned the old politics. Now it takes its revenge.

If he wants to rejoin the Conservatives, he should be readmitted. But that’s not to say that he should be the candidate in Clacton in 2020.

Nigel Evans: I support the Government’s aid target. But we risk it being abandoned unless spending is reformed.

Unless we sort out the problems right now, then I fear it is a battle I will lose.

Daniel Gibbs: Margaret Thatcher, environmentalist

She had a profound impact on the ownership, focus and language of the debate about climate change and global warming.

Daniel Hannan: 2015 was the best year in human history, and 2016 will be better yet

Whether we measure literacy or longevity, infant mortality or sexual equality, the world in 2015 was a better place during this past twelve months.