Does Johnson have the guts to tackle the rigged housing market described by Halligan?

A new book explains why building land is prohibitively expensive.

Profile: Mark Spencer – the power behind the reshuffle and the man who disciplined the Brexit rebels

The Chief Whip is a farmer who recognises that “a lame ewe needs to be put down”.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Good King Boris triumphs over the doomsters

Seldom have the politics of magnanimity been used so skilfully to baffle dissent.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Good King Boris sets out to reunite his kingdom

The Prime Minister conducted himself like a benevolent monarch.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: In the name of Cabinet government, Wallace speaks for Johnson

The Defence Secretary accused the Leader of the Opposition of spouting anti-American, “anti-imperialist guff”.

Johnson aligns himself in the Soleimani crisis with those who deprecate barbarism

The Prime Minister has shown a moderation of which his critics did not believe him capable.

Profile: Rishi Sunak, rising star of the Johnson project

He is tipped by some as a future Prime Minister, but is more plausibly seen as a future Chancellor.

The impeachment of Trump is a gigantic own goal by the Democrats

Johnson’s opponents must avoid the error of supposing it is enough to demonstrate, at least to their own satisfaction, that he is a bad person.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Please, Prime Minister, stop talking about “the people’s priorities”

Meanwhile Corbyn behaved like a grumpy adolescent.

How Vox Pub foresaw the Tory victory in England, but failed to predict defeat in Scotland

In vino veritas: talking to voters in pubs usually works. We saw how four of these five contests could be expected to play out.

Andrew Gimson’s election sketch: Johnson plays his greatest joke on the Corbynistas

Here is a Tory Democrat who with sublime impertinence has stolen the socialists’ clothes.

The Critic, a new magazine which sets out to expose and ridicule bad ideas

Its future is not yet in the bag, but it has made a remarkably assured start. Much now depends on the genius of its editors.

Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico

One drinker stood up for Labour and called the Prime Minister a liar. But during several hours of talk, nobody sprang to Corbyn’s defence.

Almost five years on, our conservatism for Bolton West looks in better health than ever

Two elections after this site’s first meeting with Chris Green, the Tory candidate, the Labour vote is so soft that it could lose Bolton North East.

May deserves better than this dull, lazy, superficial account of her prime ministership

Seldon’s latest book, composed in only six months, will at best be a quarry on which future historians can draw.