MELANIE PHILLIPS: Once upon a time, the Lib Dems were gently mocked as woolly, organic yogurt-eating sandal-wearers - harmless eccentrics who could be indulged because they would never get their hands on power.
This was the day Nick Clegg lost the last, tattered shreds of his credibility as a statesman prepared to put his country before petty party politics.
ANDREW PIERCE: Not only has foul-mouthed Andrew ‘Pleb’ Mitchell insulted the police, he has also offended the Tory Party’s big financial donors.
DR ROBERT LEFEVER: Envy, spite and malice are no longer the exclusive motivators of jaded Socialists. Liberal Democrats are catching up fast.
He should have been a shoo-in. But here our former ambassador to Washington, SIR CHRISTOPHER MEYER, delivers a devastating critique of Mitt Romney's failings.
JAMES FORSYTH: In Brighton this week David Laws will be one of the stars of the show, restored to his role as a highly influential member of the Coalition.
QUENTIN LETTS: Just as bees can go missing - 'anyone seen my hive?' - much of the Lib Dem party seems to have buzzed to a different bower. Where ARE they all?
RUTH LEA: A recent report that Justine Greening, the new International Development Secretary, is going through the budget 'line by line' has to be welcome news.
DOMINIQUE JACKSON: The Lib-Dem MP for Sutton and Cheam has an impressive record as a champion of the elderly and the disabled.
WILLIAM FORBES: For the failings of the 'dysfunctional' and 'incompetent' MoD (a description used in Parliament) there has been a blood price to pay.
MICHAEL BURLEIGH: The death of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens raises serious questions about the security of US civilian personnel in dangerous environments.
PETER MCKAY: Tory Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell is rich, privately educated, 'almost crazy with ambition' and halfway up the greasy pole of politics. Just the type we love to cut down to size.
STEVE DOUGHTY: The Prince of Wales has never been slow to involve himself in political controversy, often expressing his views on architecture, the environment and literacy.
MAX HASTINGS: Japan's historic brutality engenders real popular Chinese bitterness, and it explodes into the open when the Beijing government highlights such a quarrel as that about the Senkaku islands.
City Editor ALEX BRUMMER argues the takeover of our aerospace giant by foreign firms represents a threat to the UK's manufacturing and strategic future.
STEPHEN GLOVER: The appalling murders of two young policewomen in Manchester have reignited an old debate. Should our police be routinely armed?
MELANIE PHILLIPS: Mitt Romney has not one opponent in this presidential election, but two: Barack Obama and the American media which carries his bags for him.
SIMON RICHARDS: Eurosceptics can fight their corner in the Conservative and Labour parties, but there's no room for another 'eurosceptic' party to rival UKIP.
PETER HITCHENS: Parliament sentenced hundreds of innocent people to death when it arrogantly abolished hanging in 1965. Many of those innocent people have yet to meet their killers, but that meeting will inevitably come.
QUENTIN LETTS: Newport West's long-serving Labour MP Paul Flynn got himself chucked out of the Commons yesterday for calling defence ministers 'liars'.
SANDRA PARSONS: The General Medical Council has reported a steep rise in complaints about GPs' communication.
MAX HASTINGS: The deaths of Sergeant Gareth Thursby (left) and Private Tom Wroe (right) are the price paid by politicians trying to preserve tatters of national dignity.
SIMON HEFFER: The Strategic Defence and Security Review having slashed our armed forces, we no longer have either the firepower or the manpower to defend ourselves adequately against global challenges.
STEVE DOUGHTY: China shows all the signs of suffering because of recession in the West. The pressure is resulting in a mixture of internal political upheaval and belligerence abroad.
KATHY GYNGELL: It came as a surprise to Chelsea residents earlier this summer to find that a property developer had targeted one of their remaining historic pubs.
Soak the middle class
Clegg wants to hit millions earning over £50,000 with higher tax bills
Just come back safe
Father's plea to girl, 15, who is on the run in France with her married teacher
Skydiving horror
Man dies and another seriously injured after they collide 50ft above the ground causing parachutes to collapse
Funeral workers' insult to the dead
Staff chanted 'Chelsea scum' before sealing man's coffin, making racist remarks and cruel jokes in TV expose
Here we go again!
Indian summer grinds to a halt as heavy rain lashes Britain... and 60mph gales are on the way
Liverpool united
Clubs and fans pay their respects to Hillsborough victims in emotional meeting between rivals at Anfield
Calls for chief whip to resign for rant against cops
Andrew Mitchell swore at officers who told him to get off his bike in Downing Street
UKIP demands David Cameron commit to an EU referendum ‘in blood’
Nigel Farage insists on pledge as price of election deal to protect Tory MPs
'Elderly care is in the trash bin'
Sacked minister attacks George Osborne for blocking reforms
G4S 'should not be rewarded' for Olympic 'failure'
Company should lose £57m and be blacklisted by Government, MPs say
'Get the inquests done early, or they'll all have been in the pub'
Hillsborough lawyer insulted victims' families he was supposed to be representing
Man shot dead by police as riots break out over U.S. film
Pakistan government declares 'Day of Love for the Prophet'
Triumph of the nerds
Jubilant Apple fans around the world finally get their hands on the iPhone 5
SIMON HEFFER is no admirer of Sir John Major, but the former PM is right that these are the worst circumstances in which to seek to change a leader. And it could be dire for the country.
RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Jolly Jon Snow and his team at Channel 4 News have alleged that there was a deliberate cover-up designed to secure the conviction of the 21/7 would-be suicide bombers.
IAN BIRRELL: With the huge aid monies swirling around, all those involved - politicians, consultants, charities, think-tanks, even many journalists - have a shared interest in hiding uncomfortable facts.
VIV GROSKOP: There's no easy way to say this, Nick. But I'm sorry that you're sorry. And I'm sorry that it has taken you so long to realise just how sorry you are.
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