How pillorying ministers and chief executives became part of the British Constitution

A self-help book for business people terrified of appearing before MPs shows how much more formidable select committees have become.

From magic circle to one member one vote: a short history of Tory leadership contests

The present election will turn on whether MPs and activists put national popularity before ideological soundness.

Meanwhile, in Peterborough, Farage’s party advances and a Johnson premiership looms – as May is steered towards the exit door

Almost all the Leavers said they will vote for the Brexit Party in the European elections today – but even this information was not volunteered.

May hangs on for now, but faces the music on Friday – and Leadsom walks

It is not the resignation which Tory backbenchers were keenest to see, but it makes the end of May’s prime ministership even more certain.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May lacks the authority to get her deal through

The Prime Minister looked as if she was merely going through the motions.

Today’s One Nation Conservatives are as dreary as Baldwin, not as exciting as Disraeli

History shows that One Nation Conservatism, once espoused by Powell and Macleod, need not be wet.

Rees-Mogg draws resounding moral lessons from the Victorians

In his new book he sets out to rescue those virtues from the mockery inflicted on them in the 20th century.

Once May has been dragged out of Downing Street, perhaps it will be seen that she was pursuing a noble Anglican compromise

Condescending men have always underestimated the Prime Minister’s faith, tenacity and sense of duty.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: May shows grace under pressure, but no sign of having found the answer

The House was becalmed.

A general election would be vastly preferable to another EU referendum

The mendacious simplifications of the last referendum campaign showed this is no way to conduct the Brexit argument.

Profile: The unusual Rory Stewart, self-declared contender for the Tory leadership

His critics claim his appointment as International Development Secretary “could lead to the death of thousands of the world’s poorest people”.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Corbyn props up May

The Labour leader left it to a Tory backbencher to try to defenestrate her.

The Establishment hated Beaverbrook, Churchill needed him

A new biography of the ruthless, devious, vulgar, brilliant newspaperman who in 1940 became Minister of Aircraft Production.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: The unbearable spectacle of a tormented Prime Minister pretending things are fine

May’s bogus jollity has become intolerable.

In Dudley, I watch local Tories trying to run on their record, not the Prime Minister’s

Labour is nowhere much to be seen – but the national picture makes the task of winning this council back from it far harder.