By Adam Lent

There is a lot to like in this coalition deal stuff that the Labour Government should have attended to long ago: political reform, cracking down on tax avoidance, regulating and taxing the banks, restoring the link between the state pension and earnings, environmental measures.

By IA Rehman

The debate on culture, freedom of artistic expression and the limits to it has revealed widespread confusion about the subject and underlined the need for a rational discourse.

By Dr Nafeez Ahmed

Lots of my friends and colleagues are concerned, if not downright depressed, by the Conservative Party's ascension to the seat of government. They're also equally, if not more, shocked that Tories did so with the support of the Liberal Democrats. A progressive party, they feel, got into bed with the right-wing nutters that ruined this country. All hope is lost!

But are things really that dire?

By Donald Strachan

Some thoughts on why a deal between the Libdems and Conservatives has to be done, despite the obvious risks: