A stale leadership class is on the way out and the property bubble will burst. I can’t see the bad news

Paranoid politicians, sensational journalists – the Isis recruiting officers will be thrilled at how things have gone since their atrocity in Belgium

Blanket media coverage and calls for revenge just fuel the cycle of violence

These three white elephants will waste £100bn of public money. Such a cave-in to the lobbyists gives a worrying insight into those close to the prime minister

It’s obscene that the capital gets whatever it wants – more bridges, concert halls, railways – while the regions are starved of funding

If the prime minister were really concerned about Isis, he’d come up with a coherent military strategy

Labour has the power to prevent us getting into a conflict we cannot resolve. Jeremy Corbyn, for once, has got it right

Britain has to trade openly with Europe, and vice versa. A soft Brexit is the only way to do that, and avoid a race to the bottom

Trident is useless, and Corbyn’s shadow cabinet should be ashamed. Their stance has more to do with global posturing than our national security

The hysterical cheerleaders of the e-book failed to account for human experience, and publishers blindly followed suit. But the novelty has worn off

The Belgian region forced a giant EU scheme to unravel. Given the chance, Wales and Scotland could do the same

Simon Jenkins: Terrorists can kill and maim, but they cannot topple governments. We must not hand them victory by treating this massacre as an act of war

Ministers are dazzled by the idea of a third Heathrow runway and HS2. If only they were as excited about car travel

Experts preaching the ‘truth’ on healthy eating or cancer cures are not immune to the murky worlds of politics and commerce

The economy is in dire need of a jump start – cutting interest rates has failed miserably. So instead give money to people who would actually spend it

The Commons wants to remove the former BHS boss’s knighthood, but what is it doing about the company’s chairman, former owner, accountants – and HMRC?

These monoliths that dominate the skyline expose the tainted wealth that has the capital’s gullible politicians in thrall

As desanctified, secularised buildings owned by the community or local trusts, ailing churches may just survive

The warlike response to the Paris massacre by western governments, the media and the rest of the world has answered the dreams of Islamic State

Historic buildings possess a cultural vitality. Failing to repair them is a loss to our communal memory

Although Britain has given itself an almighty shock, the visionary outcome of this leave vote ought to start a grand debate across the continent

Everyone in football knew what Sam Allardyce was talking about. His biggest crime was to embarrass the FA

We should not pretend that any state can stop one madman in a truck. Most official responses are likely only to make things worse

The genuine solution is rebanded council tax. But then Ed Balls would not get to keep the money

The buildings are beautiful, but too many remain empty. They will regain their focus only if they convert to a communal role

Western arms and money have prolonged and intensified this civil war. Our only duties are to stop taking sides, and to help those fleeing the conflict

Neglect voters at your peril, lest people turn to the deeply unattractive outsiders vying for their support

It’s bizarre that Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour opponents have chosen this useless nuclear missile for their battleground

A no vote could precipitate the sort of reform Europe is crying out for. Surely that’s what everyone wants

The Panama Papers show how, while parliament prevaricates, it is left to investigative journalists to reveal the truth and spur on reform

The prime minister has crushed the Cameroons. But sidelined Tory remainers won’t be silenced for long

David Cameron has bequeathed Britain the worst deal in the history of procurement. May cannot cave in like she did with Trident

Simon Jenkins: These relics of empire pay hardly any UK tax – but when the neighbours cut up nasty, they demand the British protect them

After experimenting with each side’s prejudices, it is clear to me where the greatest risk to our future lies

Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: Williams, like many others, struggled with addiction and personal demons. Mental illness is a great leveller – but is still too little understood

The Tories need to stop obsessing about selective education. Going backwards is not an option

Simon Jenkins: The nation surely deserves a party of the left – and a real choice when it goes to the polls

I cheered the Labour leader’s stance against Trident. But shunning our most important international military alliance is just reckless

Like Blair’s folly in Iraq, Cameron’s Libyan adventure was driven by a reckless craving for personal ‘victory’. National security had nothing to do with it

Simon Jenkins: The upheaval after Scotland’s vote should bring a historic moment for Wales. But, can it finally seize the opportunity to become more than a ‘nearly nation’?

Simon Jenkins: Women like Caroline Criado-Perez have suffered a torrent of bigotry on social media. But regulation can stop it

David Cameron promised and failed. From Trident and HS2 to Heathrow’s third runway and Hinkley Point C, we’re wasting billions while a select few cash in

The only justification for toppling Saddam Hussein was humanitarian – so Britain has to help those fleeing the horror it created

As its conference opens, signs of purposelessness are evident as Theresa May ploughs ahead with Brexit plans and cutting immigration

In spite of this triumph, the PM will find it harder to keep his own party in order than he did with Nick Clegg

Theresa May is right to resist the lobbyists and halt this reckless and absurdly expensive nuclear deal. There are far better alternatives

Our prime minister has brought history into the EU debate, with no good reason and plenty of illiteracy

Simon Jenkins: Bolstering the north's biggest city would help provincial England to challenge London's privilege and dominance

Despite thousands of innocent deaths, the use of drones has done nothing to halt the Taliban or al-Qaida. If David Cameron must intervene in Syria, ground troops are the only course

It’s all very well fingering Nigeria and Afghanistan. But our war on corruption should really start with a very British predilection for tax havens and avoidance

The best way the US president can respect the memory of Hiroshima is by examining how non-combatants ever come to be bombed

Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: Pistorius’s life is ruined. No one will be deterred by his sentence. Imprisonment is a brutal response that achieves nothing in such cases

As the chancellor delivered his eighth budget, we saw the hazards of a politician grown overmighty