Smash Hit

Final word

Are you depressed by constant interference from the EU in your everyday life? If yes, you’re clearly as fit as a Euro-fiddle

Soldiering on is just not good enough

To leave Afghanistan precipitately would be a big blow for the West and a moral victory to Islamists. But to soldier on is not good enough

Victims of crime deserve better

It is scandalous that victims are being denied justice because of a lack of capacity in our prisons and courts

The Tests for Afghanistan

There are still questions to answer but the Prime Minister makes a good case

Mourning Glory

One widow’s dignity in grief has shown Britain how to honour its war dead

National Trust

The Fort Hood massacre and the killings of British troops in Afghanistan may fan suspicion of Muslim soldiers. Such mistrust is wholly unjustified

The wall in their heads

The Treaty of Lisbon creates two important new posts. European leaders should declare who they are backing, and why, before they stitch up an answer

Bad language

Autism is not a term to be used for political insult

A turn for the verse

Would EU life not be shorter and sweeter if Brussels spoke to us in haiku?

Preparing for the worst

Brown’s Panglossian handling of Afghanistan is undermining public confidence. He must spell out the options if the war turns uglier still

Kelly’s error

The link between pay, conditions and the quality of MPs has been overlooked

Intellectual property

Why isn’t Britain as brazen as France in celebrating its greatest thinkers?

Shooting for the Moon

Obama has not let war and recession dim his ambition

Hired Guns

Former soldiers should use their skills not as mercenaries but in the security trade

Lisbon and After

The European political elite has shown its usual disdain for the popular will. But now that the Treaty of Lisbon has been ratified it is time to...

Using a Sledgehammer

Alan Johnson has blundered badly by sacking Professor David Nutt. It is important that scientists continue to give advice in forthright terms

The Price of Support

Karzai must earn the West’s support for re-election with real political reform

Dogfights

The deputy mayor of London is right to renew the debate on dangerous dogs

Back to the Future

Eighty years since the stock market crash of 1929, valuable lessons have been learnt about dealing with financial collapse and economic crisis. They...