Our Cabinet League Table: Sunak is still top, and Johnson is back in positive territory – just

All in all, it’s much of a muchness – with Douglas Ross down by about 25 points, now that his Party Conference coverage has faded.

WATCH: Free school meals 3) Lewis holds the line

“We’re in a different place to where we were earlier in the summer when we had the full lockdown.”

WATCH: Lewis suggests that the Covid-19 self-isolation period may be reduced

“Our teams are looking at this….as we’re learning more about the virus, as we’re looking more at how we can manage and live with it.”

Iain Dale: If Milling isn’t up to being Party Chairman, why was she appointed in the first place?

Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.

WATCH: Northern Ireland Secretary denies he was “thrown under a bus” over breaking international law claims

“We will ensure that Northern Ireland businesses have unfettered access to UK markets,” says Lewis.

Our Cabinet League Table. The Prime Minister falls into negative territory.

It’s a rotten springboard from which to vault into Party Conference as it begins today. But what goes down may go back up.

Stephen Booth: Why the row about the Northern Ireland Protocol suggests that the EU’s position isn’t quite as strong as it likes to think

How plausible is it that the UK would zealously enforce EU rules in a scenario in which trade agreement talks have broken down acrimoniously?

Both Johnson and the rebels want a compromise on the UK Internal Market Bill – so it looks as though we’ll get one

It looks as though we are in the territory supported by this site on Monday – Government support for something not unlike the Neill amendment.

The changes that Cox wants from the Government to the UK Internal Market Bill

They confirm that the Government and its critics aren’t that far apart – and Ministers are now distancing themselves from claims of illegality.

Garvan Walshe: Breaking the Withdrawal Agreement risks the No Deal Brexit this Government was elected to avoid

The Tories’ plan will be blocked by the Lords, anyway, as it contradicts the party’s promise to implement the agreement made in November 2019.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson starts to sound like the boss of a tractor plant in Minsk

The Speaker threatened to run Hancock “ragged” if the Health Secretary continues to insult the House.

Is it really worth breaking international law to curb the role of the European Court?

Johnson and Cummings’ previous assaults on the pre-Brexit order have been brilliantly conceived.  This one may not be up to the same standard.

Johnson plummets into the bottom third of our Cabinet League table

Last month, he was sixth from top. Now, he is eighth from bottom. Only six Ministers have a satisfaction rating of more than half.

Iain Dale: My end of term school report on the Cabinet. Grades below. Open with care.

Johnson, Sunak, Patel – and more. Do not write below the dotted line. Do not use corrective fluid. Unauthorised materials will be confiscated.

Our Cabinet League Table: Sunak top, Johnson down again, Patel up – and Williamson and Jenrick in negative territory

That’s the Prime Minister’s lowest score since he entered Downing Street for the first time last summer.