Like the Scots, the Welsh Conservatives face a once-in-a-generation strategic opportunity

Tacking towards the devocrat consensus and positioning for a pact with Plaid seems to be the preferred option, but it looks like a tactical cul-de-sac.

The Government must get to grips with graduate oversupply

Fresh thinking on vocational and technical education is a good start, but fundamental questions about higher education and the state’s role in it remain.

Henry Hill: Scottish Tories on the offensive as SNP come under pressure on education

Also: Home Office plans for stop-and-search on Ulster border spark criticism; debate stirs on abolishing the Welsh Assembly; and DUP slammed for ignoring Westminster.

There’s a case for an ‘Amazon tax’, but it isn’t saving the high street

The online retail revolution has brought more convenience and lower prices to millions. Fighting it is an unworthy mission for a pro-consumer party.

Henry Hill: DUP leadership stands by Robinson as row over border poll deepens

Also: Welsh Labour MP urged to resign equalities brief over ‘homophobic bullying’ allegations; Electoral Commission drop probe into DUP; and more.

Selections. Five more seats and the first ‘team seats’ open for applications.

Bath, Bishop Auckland, Bristol North West, Peterborough, and Wirral West are seeking candidates, as are several northern cities.

Henry Hill: The courts have called time on Bradley’s passive policy towards Ulster

Also: Welsh Tory leadership hopefuls would put pacts with other parties to the membership; unionists turn on Robinson over united Ireland comments; and more.

Whately and Pursglove replace Caulfield and Bradley as vice-chairs of the Party

That the MP for Corby feels able to accept an office vacated over opposition to Chequers illustrates division amongst the Brexiteers.

YouGov once again echoes the ConHome panel on May and Tory leadership

Polling Conservative members is a tricky business, but these mutually reinforcing findings suggests our free, monthly survey is up to the task.

Are Blair’s Brexit interventions about more than just rewriting his legacy?

A generation of voters is coming of age with no memory of Iraq. They could grant him a new place in the history books – or even the Government.

Henry Hill: May plays into Varadkar’s hands by getting the Belfast Agreement wrong

Also: Pro-UK think-tanks torpedoes SNP’s economic case for independence; Plaid suffers ‘major rift’ as MP savages Wood; and more.

Donelan, Quin, and Stewart join the whips office; Spencer, Stephenson, and Freer promoted

The Prime Minister completes the mini-reshuffle she started last week. Will she now give the new appointees a chance to grow into the role?

Over-shuffling the whips’ office has undermined its effectiveness

All but one of the current team has been appointed since May became Prime Minister. What institutional memory are they supposed to draw on?

Andrew to Defence, Tolhurt to business – the Government shuffles the whips, again

If change was needed at the whips’ office, it isn’t at all clear why it was this change.

The Chief Whip now lacks credibility

Since claims that he ordered pairs to be broken aren’t being denied, he must go.