Iain Dale: It’s a year today since the election reverse which has left May adrift.
Plus: The Government gets airports wrong and Burnham gets rail wrong. And: a miserable PMQs for Tory MPs.
Henry Hill: Bradley refuses to rule out fresh Assembly elections for Northern Ireland
Also: Davidson wisely opposed ‘The Vow’ in 2014; Jones proposes special conference to decide Welsh Labour leadership election rules; and more.
Daniel Hannan: On the Elgin Marbles, as on everything else, Corbyn’s assumption is that Britain Is Always In The Wrong
There are honourable arguments for and against shipping the Parthenon marbles to Greece. His instinctive knee-jerk is not one of them.
Robert Halfon: It’s time for Ministers to let local authorities build more council homes, and borrow to do so
We need more houses, not just to buy, but to rent – truly affordably, as well. This is a social justice issue.
James Frayne: England and Englishness, the powerful conundrum
New polling shows that national identity is a strong, emotive force – but also that it remains poorly-defined.
Nicky Morgan: Women on boards. We need fair access – not positive discrimination. And no more evasive excuses.
“Not enough senior women”…” “Not enough interested women”… “All the good ones have been snapped up”… “We already have one”… “No vacancies”…
Iain Dale: Madeley thinks he got the better of Williamson. I beg to differ.
Plus: A crazy clergyman, a bonkers Imam, and unreason on obesity. Richard Holden’s innocence. And: I am ready for Desert Island Dicks.
Henry Hill: SNP blueprint for independence alienates left-wing supporters
Also: female Tories press the Prime Minister for action on Ulster abortion law; and Davies urges Party to unite over Brexit.
Garvan Walshe: The Italian President is teaching irresponsible populists that “I want never gets”
British commentators who jumped to condemn his decision as a travesty of democracy failed to understand the country’s constitutional traditions.
Alex Morton: Don’t review spending before first reviewing government – and how it doesn’t work
Its failures begins with the machinery of Government – the core civil service itself. This must be fixed.
James Frayne: Cummings is right about voter backlash against a Brexit betrayal
Votes would come flooding back into UKIP and, perhaps more importantly, to independent candidates that campaign on the “You Lied” platform.
Henry Newman: The EU isn’t a conspiracy against democracy, but it does a pretty good job of looking like one
Some Italians hoped Brexit would make Brussels realise it had gone too far. Instead, the EU elite has doubled down, regardless of troublesome voters.
Rebecca Lowe: Women’s attitudes to the Conservatives – and vice-versa – are not what you may think
There are clearly questions about what’s happening in relation to voting, membership, and representation — and what the Party should or might want to do.
Iain Dale: Will Javid deliver?
Plus: Crunch point on Brexit. Farewell to Biteback. Bannon’s loose tongue and persistent loyalty. And: face to face with Jacqui Smith.
Henry Hill: New polls find no surge in support for Northern Ireland leaving the UK
Also: Davidson calls for ’emotion bonds’ of the Union to be strengthened; SNP face tough choices on independence ‘summer offensive’; and more.