Plus: my profound sense of unease at the withdrawal of the whip from 21 Conservative MPs.
Plus: Brexit Derangement Syndrome sufferers have gone fully tonto due to prorogation. And three cheers for Andrew Neil.
Plus: I* which I ru* i*to a few a**oyi*g problems fili*g this colum* from my *orfolk retreat.
Plus: I’ve never thought a national unity government is a runner, and I think it’s even less likely now.
Plus: My Edinburgh fringe experience. Sturgeon, warm and entertaining. McDonnell, rather less so. And: farewell then, Sky News.
Plus: There are some promotions which are inexplicable, too; and how fast can Jo Swinson get from Brecon to Edinburgh?
Plus: should Patel have come? Should Mordaunt have gone? And: my predictions. What I got right and wrong.
Plus: A packed London hustings and impressive Conservative members. And: Johnson’s reshuffle – what happens to Hunt?
The Left, parts of the media and the EU will seek to get him out. The Right must unite, rally round him – and circle the wagons.
Plus: Johnson, not a populist. Hunt’s beside manner. Lewis and his highly professional CCHQ team. And: the courage of 16 year old Ajay.
Plus: How I was booed in Birmingham. On to Nottingham…via Exeter. And: who would I vote for, if I had a vote?
Plus: Sympathy for the Downing Street SpAds. The case for chemical castration. And: my interviews with the Tory leadership candidates.