Iain Dale: Why shouldn’t the Conservatives welcome back the Kippers?

Plus: Farage and my evenings. Edinburgh and my show. Notre Dame, fire, Macron – and recovery? And: Javid’s emotional intelligence.

Henry Hill: Hunt urges May to repair relations with DUP as leadership hopefuls woo Ulster allies

Also: Dugdale wins lawsuit against cybernat blogger; devolution row as English hospitals shut out Welsh patients over funding; and a week in SNP bad news.

Rachel Wolf: Brexit agonies? Twitter pile-ons? Fanatical protesters? Put them in perspective. For all our troubles, we’re happier than ever.

Occasionally, though, we need to recognise warning signs – and they is in those areas where politicians’ control and the peoples’ attitudes truly overlap.

Daniel Hannan: Brexit. Vote Conservative in the European elections to help us deliver it – and finish the job.

I have spent 30 years working to restore our national independence. I’m not prepared to drop out now, not when we are so close to success.

Onward, Hancock – and the delusion of leadership candidates retreating to their comfort zone

It is mistaken to believe that the British people are collectively optimistic, happy-go-lucky, and modernity-obsessed – and on the same wavelength as those that are.

Henry Newman: No free movement. No second referendum. Brexit gained. What would happen were the Prime Minister’s deal passed.

Now, the best option for the Prime Minister is to try to work with Labour. Unless, of course, her backbench critics rethink.

Chloe Westley: It’s the end of the line for HS2, or should be

The majority of Brits drive to work in a car or a van, but journalists and politicians get the train to work. I think that’s reflected in political discourse.

Iain Dale: Why I believe that the October deadline leaves no time for a second referendum

Plus: I’m still backing Brexit. The Independent Group’s Tory targets. And: it’s a disgrace that public money is being spent on the European elections.

Henry Hill: Support for independence slumps in latest Scottish polling

Also: Dublin urged to ‘come clean’ over support for IRA during the Troubles; Welsh tax powers come into force; and Salmond inquiry tells Sturgeon not to destroy evidence.

Garvan Walshe: How Netanyahu, the great survivor, can scrape four more years in power

It would be a hazardous balancing act, but he has a slight edge over his opponents.

Robert Halfon: Labour, Corbyn – Kim Jong-un, for that matter. I’ll talk to anyone, anywhere to ensure that Brexit takes place.

We can choose either to vote idealistically or for the least worst option, given the current political realities. Politics must be the art of the possible.

Andy Street: Cleaning up pollution of the past to build the homes of tomorrow

Fittingly, the Black Country, synonymous with the heavy industry of the Industrial Revolution, aims to take the lead in building this new science of reclamation.

James Frayne: Cross-party co-operation over Brexit is initially popular, but it will swiftly sour in practice

Everyone likes the sound of it – so long as they believe it is going to deliver their preferred outcome. Already Tory poll ratings are visibly on the slide.

Nicky Morgan: Our One Nation group of MPs is fighting back against an attempt to hijack the Conservative Party

We are not a party within a party. We simply want to remind our fellow citizens that there are Conservative MPs who want to heal, not perpetuate, divisions.

Syed Kamall: Why the Prime Minister has grounds to hope the EU will grant her request for an extension

Even amongst those keen to use it as a lesson, there is not yet any willingness to take the blame for a no-deal departure.