A bigger, more vocal grassroots presence at Conservative Party Conference

We gather the turnout – particularly among young Tories – is set to rise, and there will be more opportunities for members to speak from the stage.

What next for the Johnson investigation? Seven questions about the Conservative Party’s rules

The Party has a Code of Conduct – but how it works in practice becomes less and less clear by the minute.

May’s Chequers “charm offensive” continues with a letter to Tory members – but is it making any difference?

It might even make things worse to spend Party funds to simply repeat the same messages, so long after the summit.

Truss cuts the Gordian Knot on housing

She notes that the choice is not between maintaining prices or building more, but between building more and ushering in Corbynism.

James Fredrickson selected as Conservative candidate to contest Oxford West and Abingdon

The tech and digital communications policy specialist won through on Friday night.

Political beliefs ought to be the subject of robust debate, not protected with legal cotton wool

The way equalities law applies to “philosophical belief” has created a messy courtroom battleground for all sorts of angry fringe groups to seek protection.

If HS2’s bill keeps inflating, it might yet explode the whole scheme

The project is already well over its original price. Some dream of abandoning it.

Inside the minds of the Conservative grassroots

We know more today than we did yesterday – and we aim to know still more tomorrow.

A vaping tax would kill people

It wouldn’t be a “sin tax”, it would be a tax penalising people for stopping smoking. The Treasury’s greed would have outweighed its logic.

Momentum has lost control of the monster it created – only Corbyn has the power to purge his movement of anti-semitism

Momentum’s leaders taught supporters to reject any criticism, and encouraged a siege mentality. Now they are under attack by their own grassroots.

Siobhan Baillie selected to contest target seat of Stroud

Also: candidate applications are set to open in Peterborough, in preparation for a possible forthcoming by-election.

How should our electoral law change to work in the digital age?

From ‘fake news’ to micro-targeting, crowd-funding to data rights, we explore the key areas of focus for an overdue review of the rules of our democracy.

Anti-semitism may be widespread, but it must never be allowed to become normal

The excuses have become dully predictable – we cannot allow this hatred itself to become a dully predictable party of everyday life, too.

The Canada Plus Plus Plus answer to the Northern Ireland question

The myth has it that there never was such a plan – in fact, DexEU had a proposal to fulfil its promise of no ‘hard border’ while still overseeing a proper customs regime.

The case of Margaret Hodge reveals a troubling double-standard as to what Labour finds unacceptable

After glacial progress in dealing with vile racists, Corbyn’s team seem remarkably swift to move against someone accused of criticising the leader.