Columnists

Henry Hill: Jones opens fire on the ‘St David’s Day Agreement’

Also: Brown calls for the nationalisation of unprofitable North Sea oil fields; and Northern Ireland braces for the bite of austerity.

Garvan Walshe: After Nemtsov’s murder, Putin’s banditry must be confronted

As the Kremlin’s money grows scarce, more repression will take its place.

Charlotte Leslie MP: We can download information. But we can’t download experience – and we need it.

Modernity, quickness, and digital ability are all vital, but so is the wisdom and understanding of the older worker.

Lord Flight: Smug Germany

Its insistence on austerity measures in Southern Europe means that a Grexit and Greek debt repudiation remain likely.

Iain Dale: How I surprised Ed Balls with my small package

Plus: Bennett’s brain fade. Why I will not put my name in for Kensington. No to Sol Campbell. Why there are no gay people in Alabama. And: arise, Lord Montgomerie!

A Candidate’s Diary: Abuse. A child’s toys. Dog faeces. A broken door bell. I meet a voter whose support I don’t want.

“Why is your kid not at school? If you’re going to mess your life up, go ahead – but at least give your lad a chance, eh?”

Graeme Archer: I would vote for the Coalition – it ought to stand in May

The two parties within the government have missed a trick, to their mutual self-harm.

Ryan Bourne: How the Conservatives are presiding over the nationalisation of childcare

A more classic case of the state crowding out family and civil society through regulation and subsidy is difficult to find.

From Reggie to Dessie: The way you sport your wand of office has made you a gay icon

Plus: Comforting Oborne in the Aegean. Rampant rabbits in the Lords. Lidders Agonistes. McVey’s moment. And: How two Labour MPs banged away in the rifle club.

Henry Hill: Fuel smugglers dump toxic waste into Armagh water supply

Also: New poll shows Scots want second referendum within the decade; Welsh farmers call for badger cull; Scottish Labour trick Nats on Twitter.

Stephen Tall: Some farewell advice

My last ConHome column addresses the same topic as my first: If I were a Tory, here’s what I would do.

Nadhim Zahawi MP: The pound scrapped. Grammar Schools too. Lord McCluskey in charge. The nightmare of a Miliband Government.

I believe we’ll win. But I could be wrong. So all this could be only a few weeks away…