Garvan Walshe: Could Poland’s populist assault on the judiciary happen here?

The modern state is intended to restrain those who seek a monopoly on power. Such people naturally resent it when that system works.

Alex Morton: Why supporting free trade and controlled migration is not a contradiction in terms

Individually, migrants can come to embody these values better than many on the Left who were born here. But the evidence suggests that this takes time.

James Frayne: Five bits of advice that May’s new Communications Director should give her

“We’re badly trailing in the polls. Corbyn’s up and you’re down. You hired me to get things done and tell you how I see it. Here goes.”

Christopher Howarth: On immigration, we need no implementation, no transition post-Brexit. Just an immediate start in cutting numbers.

Big business has become too reliant on the drug of cheap labour from abroad. It should start preparing to kick the habit now.

Nadhim Zahawi: Silence or sack these squabbling, leadership election-fixated, selfish Ministers

Anyone that is focusing on themselves, who seeks to divide Cabinet or who tries to distract attention from this key task is not worthy of a seat in government.

Iain Dale: A Cabinet Minister asks “how long before we can topple her?” With May standing only three feet away.

And, separately, I interview a Prime Minister who doesn’t seem at all brow-beaten or lacking in authority, but instead appears to have recovered her MoJo.

Daniel Hannan: Uganda shows the power of the free market in action

A comparison with its neighbour, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is stark.

Henry Hill: Labour MPs demand that Birmingham bomber faces justice

Also: SNP split on path forward as Salmond plots return; Welsh Assembly to exclude monoglot English-speakers from posts; Irish leader opposed Ulster poll.

Robert Halfon: Modernisation must not mean choosing between workers and metropolitan professionals

We must design a conservatism that appeals to both.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: At what point would Remainers give up on the EU – if ever?

Unresolved questions about refugees, debt crises, security, and general financial instability will force these questions on more people, and not just Britons.

James Frayne: Five reasons why lower middle class provincial voters are the key to a Tory victory

There are many seats in London that are also C1/C2 heavy: it is just that they are outer London seats.

Iain Duncan Smith: The housing crisis demands a revolutionary new approach

Rethink how we build communities. Scrap Osborne’s tax on landlords. And give more people the chance to own their home.

Nicky Morgan: Ministers and whips may welcome this delay. But as the new Chair of the Treasury Select Commitee, I don’t.

The process of choosing members is taking a long time. Some will wonder how departments can continue without full scrutiny for almost four months.

Lewis Baston: The election suggests that the tectonic plates of British politics are shifting

The shock over the overall result has distracted us from how remarkable some of each party’s gains really were.

Iain Dale: The biggest gossip in politics is interviewed by the biggest gossip in politics and names the biggest gossip in politics

Plus: The decline of books. Morgan sees off the cult of Mogg. Why I won’t fly RyanAir. And: As I reach a significant birthday, I mull writing my autobiography…