It is in unpicking the Union that Labour has unleashed forces that could, ultimately, lead to its extinction, argues Iain Martin.

We should stop regarding our properties as passports to a better life somewhere else, says Lesley Thomas.

Rt Rev Catherine Roskam, Suffragan Bishop of New York, declared in a magazine article that some of the bishops at the conference are wife-beaters, writes George Pitcher.

As Rowan Pelling sat on the Eurostar heading for Lille and the TGV connection, she realised she had packed the wrong book.

The Republican candidate is looking like the odd man out as the President moves closer to Obama's positions on Iraq and Iran, says Irwin Stelzer.

Sarah Brown faces a great challenge as she seeks to shore up and reinvigorate her tormented spouse after the catastrophe of the Glasgow East election, writes Liz Hunt.

Everyone in Beijing has one unanswered question about the imminent Olympics, and mine is this: what muzak will they play? asks Richard Spencer.

What Mr Miliband has to do is persuade his party that he would be the leader who could offer the most damaging critique of the Conservatives, says Janet Daley.

For this column's coverage of the Beijing Olympics, I am thrilled to announce that I have rights to the thoughts of Confucius, the world number one Chinese philosopher, writes Oliver Pritchett.

Demonstrations in Belgrade looked impressive, but on closer inspection were nothing less than a humiliation for Serbian nationalists, argues Harry de Quetteville.

In the late 1970s the Beano was incredibly dated, but it has endured without evolving. To a child of the Noughties it must be baffling, says Sam Leith.

Ofcom's decision to fine the BBC £400,000 for misleading viewers over fake phone-ins imposes no hardship on those responsible for this disgraceful ethical lapse.

Yesterday was not a good day for those searching for signs that the worst of the housing market slump may be behind us.

The remarkable thing about the Doha round of World Trade Organisation talks is not that they have collapsed, but that they came as close as they did to success.

A disabled pensioner in Manchester is refusing to pay a £60 fine for parking 12 inches out of place.

The laws relating to murder are a critical part of the legal system which is why it is so worrying that Harriet Harman appears willing to play politics with them.