Why the Americans make such rotten imperialists

Amy Chua says they are blind to the decisive importance of tribal politics – an obliviousness which extends to America itself, and prepared the way for Trump.

Too often, the West allows itself to be propagandised by hostile tyrants

In addition to the old ‘useful idiots’, the Kims and Castros of the world know they can rely on the aid of genuine idiots, too. We ought to know better.

WATCH: Ici Londres – Corbynism means going the full Chavez, warns Daniel Hannan

“We’ve always told ourselves we don’t do extreme politics in our country…until now.”

Tim Briggs: Let’s show solidarity with the Venezuelans who have fled to London

Many Labour councillors are still backing the Maduro dictatorship. This is something we need to challenge.

Hammond warns of the past, as voters wonder about the future

For most voters, the 1970s are as foreign and distant as Venezuela.

The Pickles Review. As expected, he doesn’t rock the boat. But he gives it a nudge (and then some).

The most startling element is its one big dive outside the workings of the Tory machine: he wants the leader’s powers to draw up the manifesto to be reined in.

If we aren’t willing to honestly apply the same rules to ourselves as to our opponents, everyone loses out

If you criticise Trump’s Charlotteville generalisations while defending the same tactics from Corbyn, you’re making our politics worse.

Nadhim Zahawi: Meanwhile, as we fix our gaze on Kim Jong Un and Maduro, China makes veiled threats of war against India

This aggressiveness about disputed territories has become a feature of Chinese foreign policy.

Iain Dale: Dear Cabinet Ministers – if you must fight one another, do it in private

Plus: I’m beating James O’Brien; Labour’s telling silence on Venezuela; and saying farewell to a friend.

Britain must be a champion of freedom above all things

We must never forget that the Opposition would ally us with any tyrant, terrorist or thug so long as they recite the requisite ideological verses.

Daniel Hannan: Twelve principles to unite Remainers and Leavers

Most people in both camps are interested in getting the best outcome starting from where we are. Here’s how.

Livingstone: Venezuela has problems because “Chávez did not execute the establishment elite”

The former Mayor of London appears to live by Lenin’s dictum that “A revolution without firing squads is a waste of time”.

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.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Corbyn does May a good turn

By forcing the Prime Minister to talk about Economics for Beginners, the Leader of the Opposition has pushed her onto favourable ground.

Jamie Whyte: The Conservatives didn’t win because they rejected Thatcher’s beliefs – a small state and free markets

The “modernisers” think that people with clear principles are cranks. In five years, they may find themselves queuing for food at their local Red Star state supermarket.