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A presidential leader in No 10? Bring him on

Sorry, but strong party leadership and independent-minded MPs just don’t mix. The head must be separated from the body

• Daniel Finkelstein

Cherie Blair is the very model of a modern baroness

Ignore the inevitable protests – Mrs Blair understands the lot of modern women and would be a great asset to the Lords

• Alice Thomson

Driving away Big Pharma is not NICE or clever

Drug companies are not villains, they are responsible for most medical breakthroughs. So why make life hard for them?

• Jonathan Waxman

We eat GM food now. Why not grow it?

Britain is missing out on a vital new technology by letting Luddites make all the running

• Ross Clark

Greek tragedy

The indebted economies of Southern Europe threaten the financial stability of the eurozone. The need for a bailout illustrates the flaws in monetary union

Archbishop to fight unease over women bishops

Dr Rowan Williams’s speech at the General Synod is expected to address forcefully the infighting in the Church of England

Sikhs can wear kirpan in school, says judge

Sir Mota Singh, QC, says that young Sikhs should not be barred from wearing a small blade as a religious token

Peter Boyle

Glider pilot who took part in the famous coup-de-main that captured Pegasus bridge and Ranivlle bridge on D-Day

Mary Daly

Challenging Catholic theologian who argued for sexual equality in the Church and proclaimed herself a ‘post-Christian feminist’

India considers GM crop despite warning

Bt brinjal, a new aubergine variety, could help to avert a food crisis — or it could poison humans, scientists warn