Orban v Brussels – and the rights of the nation state v the fundamentals of liberal democracy

The country’s Prime Minister is a classic cakeist – berating the EU on the one hand, but not seeking to leave on the other.

Sam Hall: Energy prices. We should urgently wean ourselves off gas and not give up on Net Zero.

To protect those in fuel poverty, some of the revenue from the gas carbon charge could be given back as a carbon cheque to vulnerable households.

Alex Morton: Five ways in which we can Get Housing Done. And why Gove is the man for the job

If his mission is successful, he will hugely bolster the long-term future of the Conservative party.

Gove’s new role leaves the Government’s pro-Union strategy looking more muddled than ever

The new ‘Minister for Intergovernmental Relations’ points one way, Boris Johnson’s flagship constitutional legislation the other.

Stephen Booth: So you thought Global Britain meant nothing much? Think again as AUKUS takes shape.

One of the major question marks against Brexit was whether it would see the UK lose its influence over global affairs. This alliance suggests no.

Jon Moynihan and Christopher Howarth: Now Truss should deploy Britain’s Brexit dividend – all the way from aid to trade

Anti-corruption and cementing new treaties should take precedence over softer fashionable favourites.

Abroad, Johnson calls for fewer emissions. Here, Kwarteng aims to keep some going.

That the Business Secretary must do so is a reminder of an under-stressed aim of policy: security of supply.

Robert Halfon: Reshuffles. The soreness of being sacked. And how to bounce back.

As a Committee Chair, you can campaign for the things you believe in, speak to the media more freely – and still get things done.

Ryan Bourne: Housing. Gove is poised to dump radical supply side reform. And subsidise younger peoples’ mortgages instead.

Faced with political resistance, the Conservative Party seems to be abandoning not just the policy but its understanding of the problem.

Fabiano Farias: I’m a long-term UK resident. So why shouldn’t I have a vote?

I was excited by Shaun Bailey’s manifesto before the London Mayoral elections, and equally upset not to have the chance to back it.

An open letter to Oliver Dowden

You won’t make a habit of rubbing Ben Elliot up the wrong way. But you should push to co-chair the Board.  To make an impact, you must wield authority.

The Moggcast: AUKUS and French outrage. “We should accept a little bit of garlic eating”.

And: why it’s reasonable that 12 out of 13 sacked Ministers are men. Plus: now that he’s fathered six children, “that’s probably it”.

Andrea Leadsom: A short and medium term plan for energy costs. First, protection from price rises. Then action on lower bills.

Local electricity pricing should be at heart of a second phase of market reform – with changes to the governing institutions.

John Redwood: Our energy policy should start with keeping the lights on and the factories powered up

The Business Secretary needs to review the mesh of subsidies, regulations, penalty taxes and import arrangements that passes for an energy policy.

AUKUS and the Indo-Pacific. A tilt to it, yes. A lunge, no.

Putin’s Russia is closer to home – remember the Salisbury attack – and Islamist extremism is already here.