Jade Smith: The Mighty Redcar – my town, let down by the Labour Party

We haven’t had it easy, but we are resilient and resourceful. Our appetite for change is bad news for the party that took us for granted.

WATCH: “Are you an antisemite?” Marr asks Corbyn

The Labour leader then refuses to comment on his experience of being accused of racism by Margaret Hodge.

Bob Seely: Yes, Brexit and leadership are important. But so’s everything else. Here are some ideas for the future.

Scrap HS2. Integrate social care. Abolish NI. Reverse police cuts. Consider a new Bill of Rights. And much, much more.

Iain Dale: Will May challenge her critics to put up or shut up – and herself get a confidence ballot staged?

Plus: John Lewis blames Brexit. Juncker gets a drink. BBC stasis at Question Time and PM. And: Trump can’t emote.

Stephen Bates: How to reduce our scandalous waste of food

Let’s have each local store publish its waste levels to help consumers choose where to shop. And let’s have food manufacturers publish their waste levels too.

Bob Seely: Ten steps to defend our country against the aggression and subversion of Putin’s Russia

Protecting our open society against threats from authoritarian states is an essential battle. We must not lose.

Robert Halfon: I agree with Corbyn about democratising the BBC (or, rather, he agrees with me)

Plus: Why call McCain a maverick?; the Labour MPs who deserve an award for courage; and who is the right’s Artist Taxi Driver?

Iain Dale: Where is the cutting edge to the BBC’s business coverage?

Plus: Norcott and Brandreth triumph at Edinburgh. Turnbull and Dutton circle in Australia. And: Corbyn’s shoddy copy of the Trump playbook.

Henry Newman: What will the EU look like after we have left it?

Our exit in will coincide with a new cycle of European elections which will redraw political power in the European Parliament and other EU institutions.

WATCH: “No department was cut out” of preparing the Chequers proposal, May tells Marr

“We had a choice. We could’ve said let’s stick where we are and see what happens, and risk ending up with a chaotic leaving…or we can look at an alternative proposal.”

The BBC is wrong to scrap the Daily and Sunday Politics

The Corporation’s proposals represent a surrender to the modern trend of fracturing of political debate into regional silos and online echo-chambers.

Henry Newman: Yes, we have proposed a voluntary managed alignment in goods. But direct ECJ jurisdiction must end.

Either a new dispute resolution mechanism will be required, or the UK could dock into part of the EFTA court to resolve disputes over goods.

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.

WATCH: The Tracey Ullman sketch that is riling the Corbynistas

” Corbyn: ‘I never supported the military campaign’. Adams: ‘And I was never a member of the IRA.’ “

WATCH: “This is proceeding at the proper pace” – Hinds denies that he is pushing too fast on T-levels

“We started this process a couple of years ago, there’s still two years and four months before teaching will begin”, the Education Secretary argues.