The Moggcast. “Can we trust Boris?…Yes, he’s deeply trustworthy.”
The new Leader of the House on how he was “gulled” by Theresa May over Brexit, and why it’s “a little bit premature” to talk about resigning if the October deadline isn’t met.
Andrew Lewer: We must break with the EU’s failed policy towards Cuba and Venezuela
This case is an early litmus test of the character and intentions of our new Government.
Johnson has the inestimable advantage of a divided Opposition
Campbell’s public letter testifies to the depth of the split on the Left.
The Conservatives are targeting ads and gathering data. Good.
We must not repeat the mistakes of 2017 in trying to fatten the digital pig on market day.
Changing Prime Minister turns out to change quite a lot
It is a mistake to assume that because Parliamentary arithmetic remains unchanged, nothing is altered. The executive has extensive powers.
Ben Rogers: Raab should stand up for Hong Kong’s endangered freedom
Jeremy Hunt was the best Foreign Secretary of recent times – and his successor’s record gives me hope he will build on that legacy.
The Boris bounce: where are the votes coming from, and where might more be available?
Today’s polls reveal some interesting things about the early days of Johnson’s premiership – and hint at the battles to come.
Andrew Kennedy: To energise our Party, and restore it to winning ways, Cleverly must reform its voluntary organisation
My blueprint will unlock millions of pounds of currently wasted funds, re-engage our members, and build on our strengths rather than just managing decline.
The shuffle doesn’t just mould the Government, it also shapes the Select Committees which scrutinise it
In a nice piece of constitutional give-and-take, a more loyal minister-class makes for a potentially more troublesome set of Tory Select Committee chairmen.
Henry Newman: Cummings understands the need to drastically reform Whitehall
It’s not an optional extra – it’s crucial to delivering an effective Brexit and making the most of the opportunities outside the EU.
Baker and Cummings, the rare honest men
The strategist who has entered Downing Street, and the Brexiteer ‘Spartan’ who has opted to stay on the backbenches, have history and some shared qualities.
Iain Dale: This Cabinet is the most right-of-centre in modern times. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
Plus: should Patel have come? Should Mordaunt have gone? And: my predictions. What I got right and wrong.
Lord Ashcroft: Will voters still give Johnson the benefit of the doubt? We’re about to find out.
Lessons endure from my polling study of our new Prime Minister, carried out six years ago when he was London’s Mayor.
Johnson’s shuffle. If one asks for decisiveness – for an end to drift – don’t complain when it’s delivered.
We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.
ConHome’s Ministerial recommendations: how did we do and what did we learn?
The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.