Henry Hill: Independence will end SNP’s student discrimination
Also: Northern Irish civil service plan fresh tranche of cuts; and devolved health services miss performance targets.
Stephen Tall: Political autumn comes early
It isn’t just the weather that’s depressing and drab.
Dom Morris: Learning my lesson – the unpalatable truth about the ‘Islamic State’
Don’t mistake brutality for stupidity – the extremists’ leaders are politically cunning. Understanding that is key to defeating them.
Nadhim Zahawi MP: Families help make our society stronger
But Labour just don’t get it. Despite all the evidence in favour of marriage, they’d prefer that Government remained indifferent.
Marcus Roberts: The top five games for politicos
Want to plan a city, run an election campaign, take on terrorists, or just simply rule the World? Here are the games for you.
Iain Dale: It’s all aboard the Mayoroplane for him. And into a car for me.
Plus: Exam results – my story. The BBC’s hypocrisy over Janice Atkinson. And my great-uncle, killed in action ten days before the end of World War One.
Graeme Archer: J’accuse. (The J must never be silent.)
Howard Jacobson’s new novel illuminates events in Sainsbury’s last weekend.
Henry Hill: Sinn Fein remains defiant on welfare reform
Also: Gaddafi’s ex-spymaster offers to reveal IRA connexions; and Welsh Tories double down on grammar schools.
Garvan Walshe: Cameron is hiding from ISIS behind the BBC Breakfast sofa
Getting YouTube to take down some terrorist videos is not an adequate response to a generational threat.
Adrian Hilton: If Robin Williams had played King Lear…
The deceased actor was a genius, capable of tragedy as well as comedy. That’s why I wanted him to take on one of the great Shakespearian roles.
Iain Dale: Coming – The NHS: Things that need to be said. My new book.
And: Clegg – where is he? Simmonds – what’s he on? ISIS: they have no Islamic state and we should bomb them. Plus: The new peerages – on the whole, a mistake.
Brian Monteith: How Darling can win the next debate with Salmond
The grim reality is food banks would be the only kind of bank blossoming in an independent Scotland.
Graeme Archer: The Conservative charioteer, and his dog
A mixture of regretful nostalgia for what is lost, and sunny optimism for what is to come lies at the heart of every Tory.
Henry Hill: Benefit reform stalemate threatens Ulster devolution
Also: Lib Dems duck joined-up grant reform by just giving Wales more money; anti-Israel petition for resignation of Glagow’s Tory councillor over flag tweet.
Stephen Tall: Boris – an effective future Prime Minister? Sorry, but I just can’t see it
He cannot be both court jester and monarch: he will have to choose, and soon.