Clark Vasey: McDonnell’s infamous remark about lynching McVey is as offensive now as when first made

The Shadow Chancellor normalises unacceptable behaviour and is contributing to making UK politics a much more unpleasant place.

Gyimah is not enough

His tour of universities raises memories of another – that of by Keith Joseph, whose hundreth birthday would have fallen this week. It needs a modern equivalent.

Iain Dale: Help me and others to get justice for Worboys’ victims

Plus: Corbyn’s lack of private sector experience. And, come to think of it, his lack of public sector experience. And: justice for Worboys’ victims.

Ben Rochelle: Why May will still be Prime Minister in a year’s time

The Brexit negotiations and the lack of an obvious successor are likely to keep her in place at least until we leave the EU in March 2019.

Carillion. Don’t say that Jesse Norman didn’t warn us (in a manner of speaking)

That the company is a government customer isn’t the whole story. After all, few customers must manage the consequences of their supplier’s collapse.

Daniel Hannan: No matter how much Tusk might wish it, there will be no second referendum, and no cancellation of Brexit

A bit of romantic rhetoric from Brussels cannot change the fact that their only offers – before and after we voted Leave – have been provocatively unacceptable.

Leon Emirali: Forget social media. Focus on the next frontier of digital campaigning.

The Conservatives need a strategy to dominate VR, a presence in voice-controlled tech and – yes – a ‘Maybot’ chatbot.

Higher taxes. Social insurance. New Commissions. Reforming NI. Debate on health and social care gathers pace.

But the collapse of the Tory manifesto social care plan, plus the Government’s lack of a workable Commons majority, all but rule out radical change to the system.

Lord Ashcroft: Where the parties stand – and more on that second EU referendum

Opposition to a new poll outweighed support in all scenarios but one: a choice between accepting the terms negotiated for Brexit, or leaving without a deal.

Rebecca Lowe: Keir Hardie’s lessons for Conservatives (and others)

And here we end, by reflecting on what he might have thought about Labour’s move away from the tenet of democratic government.

State-funded Muslim schools. The elephant in the classroom.

The controversy over lifting the cap on new faith schools is not confined to Catholic ones. Hinds has a knotty problem to untangle.

The Moggcast. Episode One. “Austerity in the NHS…will be very hard to continue with, however much there are limited resources.”

The Somerset MP in conversation with ConHome on: social care, housing, Brexit and the Lords, Carillion…and the reshuffle.

Adam Holloway: This affirmative action reshuffle was wrong. Why not just appoint the best person to the job?

Many ministers are indeed well-suited – but it feels as if this is a secondary consideration: just check their CVs, and ask if we might sometimes choose better.

We wish the new Party Chairman well. But if you want to know what he’s up against, just follow the money.

In the short-term, throwing everything at target seats makes sense. Over the longer, it is a recipe for weak outreach, social media failure and falling membership.

Nicky Morgan: The Prime Minister should set out her stall on health and social care – as well as Brexit

Is there a national collection of staff ideas? Are Whitehall teams working together? What conversations are being held with housebuilders? There’s so much to be done.