Voters are suspicious of electric cars because politicians let them down over diesel ones. It’s not just a question of price.

For some consumers, the Government may be repeating Labour’s mistakes – when it pushed for everyone to buy diesels.

Emily Carver: If the public face of COP26 won’t buy an electric car, don’t expect the nation to be on board with Net Zero

Setting a target for three decades in the future is illusory, lending itself to virtue-signalling and ill-thought-out measures.

Should the Prime Minister put his COP26 spokesperson in the House of Lords?

Allegra Stratton’s interventions seem more like those of a minister than a mere mouthpiece of Boris Johnson.

Carole Walker: How the Lobby adapted to lockdown. And why Cummings’ and Cain’s plan to foil it was seen off.

The new team realised the dangers of Stratton facing a barrage of awkward questions from some of the most experienced hands in the country – live on TV.

Slowing the loss of senior staff is integral to shoring up Johnson’s Government – and enabling it to deliver

The pace of departure, the allegations about him and how they’re being handled are all inextricably linked.

Stratton’s departure as Press Secretary. Vote Leave is blamed – and hits back.

“It was not about the lobby,” says a friend of Vote Leave. “It was about getting a message out to voters beyond the M25.”

Iain Dale: 400,000 police records have gone. In the Blair years, home secretaries were forced to resign over less.

Plus: Where have Allegra Stratton’s live press conferences got to? And why I hate Twitter.

Nick King: Johnson’s Reset. The Government needs business if it’s to build back better.

The final article in ConHome’s series on the Prime Minister’s Reset Moment – and what should follow from it.

Brave New World

We fear the worst after Cummings’ departure, but Johnson must now make the best of it. That means a Cabinet shuffle.

The media coverage of Symonds reeks of sexism

Newspapers have called her the “Duchess of Downing Street” and suggested she formed a “crew” with other women to see off Lee Cain.

WATCH: “The influential ConservativeHome website had three demands, and this was one of them.”

Allegra Stratton makes the point about Osborne’s Stamp Duty cut as part of a Newsnight discussion with Chris Cook, Evan Davis and Duncan Weldon.

From Reggie to Dessie: What Walters, Pierce, Maguire & Oakeshott were up to with Osborne’s cat

There is still some fallout from the Away Day. The cabaret is always toe-curlingly embarrassing – and this year’s was no exception.