Benedict Rogers: High stakes in Indonesia’s close election
Smears, Islamist extremism, echoes of Suharto and even fears of military intervention stalk the presidential race.
Priti Patel MP: “Achche Din” – why good days are coming for Britain’s relationship with India
I saw trade, investment and progress during my visit to India with the Chancellor and Foreign Secretary last week.
Iain Dale: Watch out for Osborne’s stamp on the coming reshuffle
Plus: Princess Ann (Widdecombe); Jacqui Smith’s rampant rabbit; the BBC’s dreadful World Cup commentary; and, turning 52.
Mark Wallace: Game of Thrones has revived interest in the ‘Dark Ages’ – a time of fact and fantasy
No dragons, no wizards – but the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons are all the more jaw-dropping for being real.
Stephan Shakespeare: Beware the coming waves of froth over polling
Continuous polling may be dull, but it’s valuable, because it provides plenty of reliable information that shows you what’s really happening.
Greg Clark MP: The unflagging commitment of Michael Heseltine to the public good – in this, his ninth decade
Michael criss-crossed the country with me – something a former Deputy Prime Minister might have preferred to skip.
Henry Hill: Welsh minister Davies sacked for abuse of power
Also: Violence hangs over Orange Order on both sides of the water as Twelfth looms; and Welsh Labour face familiar rebellion over all-women shortlists.
Garvan Walshe: Are Israel’s Jacobins an acute threat to their country’s survival?
Permanent war would be catastrophic for the country’s Arab population, and for an Israel that knows it ought to treat them as equals.
Charlotte Leslie MP: We are failing to offer young men the muscular moderation they need
Our faiths, secular philosophies and religions all too often seem wishy-washed over with a tame aura of tepid “niceness”.
Lord Flight: The five economic problems that Osborne must tackle
The deficit. A feeble savings rate. Low productivity. Public sector pay that’s too high compared to private sector pay. The high middle class tax bill.
Alistair Burt MP: This World Cup has claims to be so far the best ever
Equality and Brilliance are trouncing Money and Cheating
Iain Dale: The real secret of party fund-raising – politicians hate donors
Plus: Up yours, Amazon. Secrets of Thanet South. Up yours, Lutfur. Plus: The madness of sacking Graeme Archer. And: Is Andy Murray Scottish, after all?
Lewis Baston: The election that never happened – after the events of this month, a hundred years ago
What would the result have been of a 1914/15 poll – in a Britain that sometimes seemed to be on the verge of civil war?
Brian Monteith: Salmond’s Kryptonite is his almighty over-confidence
The No campaign must not put the boot into the First Minister. They must tease him instead.
Peter Hoskin: The horror of war – and the heroism and humanity, too
The latest review for our Film Club, a century after the start of the First World War: Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’ (1957).