Stephen Tall: Make no mistake, these are deep and meaningful cuts – and there’s more to come

But will politicians ever really ‘fess up? Or will the next election campaign be spent making promises that can’t be kept?

Garvan Walshe: Ed Miliband’s Chavvy constitutional vandalism

If Labour win in 2015, this could be the sort of Prime Minister’s Questions session we get.

Nadhim Zahawi MP: Same old Labour, still in denial about the economy

Miliband and his party are loath to admit that the private sector is driving Britain’s economy forward. Instead, they want to hamper it with higher taxes.

Marcus Roberts: Game Over – the joy and pain of completing games and campaigns

When Ed won the Labour leadership, it just wasn’t going to be the same ever again…

Iain Dale: The Labour election win I’m hoping for

And: Canny Nicky Morgan. The cruel Foreign Office. Spurn Clegg. Call Balls. A Ruffley inaccurate story. Plus: Don’t you know I’m on holiday?

Graeme Archer: My friend, who dares not speak his name

The sources of anti-semitism are many – but our wilful ignorance must count among them.

Henry Hill: Blair Government IRA comfort letters a cock-up, not a conspiracy, says enquiry

Also: PM stands by attacks on Cardiff government in visit to Royal Welsh Show; and Scottish businesses urged to make plans for rUK.

Garvan Walshe: Hamaserdammerung: The twilight of Hamas’ wars

Having lost allies and brutalised Gazans, Hamas find itself alone and in trouble. Let’s hope the organisation surrenders soon.

Charlotte Leslie MP: ISIS. MH17. Boko Haram. There are more serious issues at stake than whether Ministers have bosoms.

Events around the world are a wake-up call from Westminster’s self-absorption.

Adrian Hilton: The resurrection of the biblical epic

The difference between the new films and the old ones? Nowadays, good-versus-evil moralising isn’t really done.

Iain Dale: London Mayor. The Conservative candidacy. My intentions. An announcement.

And this week’s column contains a mystery closing message to the Prime Minister.

Take your partners, please

What a demonic encounter helped to teach me about Christian bakers, same-sex dancers, choice, ethics – and the law.

Brian Monteith: Three cheers for Davidson’s positive case for the Union

The Scottish Tory leader just demonstrated how she can be the perfect antidote to Salmond.

Henry Hill: The new Welsh Secretary faces a delicate challenge

Also: Stormont flirts with disaster over budget deadlock; ‘Help to Buy’ sees Scotland run out of bricks; and BBC staff plan Commonwealth Games strike.

Stephen Tall: Why didn’t Cameron choose minority government over coalition?

He could have then called, and won, a second General Election. So why did he strike a deal with the Lib Dems?