Hunt seizes the top spot in our Cabinet League Table, but overall ratings continue to struggle

Meanwhile, Leadsom makes huge gains following her rebuke to the Speaker over alleged sexist remarks.

Present but not involved – Corbyn wins Gaffe of the Year

The wreath farce saw off strong competition from David Lammy, Barry Gardiner, and others.

Cleverly triumphs as 2018’s Best Politician on Social Media

Combining humour, personality, and robust combativeness has proved a winning formula for the Deputy Chairman.

A second referendum remains deeply unpopular among Conservative Party members

For all the hype about supposed cross-party momentum behind the idea, our survey found near-identical levels of support and opposition as a month ago.

ConservativeHome Awards: Cox wins Speech of the Year

Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant Attorney General, rousing himself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking his invincible locks.

Our survey. Precious little sign that the Prime Minister’s campaign to win Tories over to her deal is working

Downing Street appealed to begrudging practicality – but the number of members who dislike the deal but are willing to settle for it is essentially static.

The power of song

The human condition is a sometimes conflicting mixture of reason and emotion.

How unusual – Downing Street trying to persuade the Home Office to be tougher on immigration

Normally it’s the other way round. How long will it be before the traditional divide reasserts itself?

Boles’s Association Chairman calls his No Deal threat “not patriotic”. In reply, he sticks to his guns, citing his “duty to the country”

Philip Sagar warns that it “has already reignited the calls for [the MP’s] deselection from party members” and could amount to “an act of personal political suicide”.

Two pledges to MPs helped the Prime Minister over the line yesterday – but now she must fulfil them

A guarantee of a legally binding change to the backstop, and a more vague promise not to go on and on as leader, both present challenges.

The Prime Minister’s three key arguments for her survival are fundamentally flawed

And her message amounts to warning that the alternatives wouldn’t work, so we might as well plod on as we are. It’s not very convincing.

Round-up of new Conservative candidates selected in target seats, from Darlington to Plymouth

Also including: Twickenham, Battersea, Croydon Central, Kingston and Surbiton, and Dewsbury.

Exclusive. Tory Association Chairmen protest against the “misuse of Party funds” on “propaganda campaign” backing the deal

ConservativeHome can reveal a letter signed by 32 senior activists, including the chairmen of key marginals and target seats across the country.

“Nigel always wins” was the iron rule of UKIP in-fighting. But no longer – so he is off.

UKIP’s dominant figure tried and failed to keep his party free of Tommy Robinson’s poison. The worst possible people are taking over at the worst possible time.

The stark decline of Tory morale, in one chart

By combining all the Cabinet approval ratings for the year, we can see the true scope of members’ dissatisfaction.