History demonstrates why a new pro-EU party would be doomed

Churchill saw a century ago that the existing party machines will always prove the stronger, and UKIP and the SDP have confirmed this.

Rob Halfon: What Littlefinger thinks about ladders. Why he’s wrong. And why Corbyn is wrong about them too.

The Conservative view of opportunity is nearer the truth than the cynicism of a villain in Game of Thrones.

John Baron: It’s time to embrace the One-Nation message – and win

As possibly the only Brexiteer in the Parliamentary Party’s One Nation group, I am also only too aware that this message must be accompanied by a successful EU negotiation.

Nicky Morgan: You’re welcome to your new Democrat Party. I’m sticking with the Tories – to fight, fight and fight again for moderation.

We will push back internally when ideologues call for sensible Ministers to be sacked because they are trying to act in the national interest over Brexit.

Rees-Mogg should be offered a Ministerial post

No, we don’t believe that he should be the next Tory leader. But he would make a better Minister than some of those now in place.

Bruce Newsome: The key problem with the NHS. Not resources, not culture – but a lack of accountability

The Department of Health must establish its own complaints office, which in turn must be accountable to the Secretary of State and thence to Parliament.

Lewis Baston: Election gambles that worked. And those that failed – like May’s this year.

And those that never were, such as 1978, 1991 and 2007. Prime Ministers tend to make the opposite error to that of their predecessors.

Alex Morton: A modest proposal. Quotas to help another disadvantaged minority – Conservatives.

We have allowed our enemies to infiltrate almost every power centre that matters and delegitimise our very existence.

Freeman’s definitely non-Glastonbury-style Conservative ideas festival

Party Conference is, as he puts it, “increasingly corporate, expensive [and] exclusive”. So here is his first shot at something different.

Iain Dale: My advice to my latest successor as Davis’s Chief of Staff

Plus: As I bask by a sun-illuminated swimming pool on holiday in Spain, I reflect on how the Spanish respond if you try to fiddle your water supply…

Julian Knight: We can help make the case for capitalism by empowering consumers and customers. Here’s how.

We must show people how markets can make life better for ordinary families by broadening choice, spurring innovation, and driving down prices.

Joy Morrissey: Let’s be clear. It’s the Left that drives political abuse, thuggery and intimidation.

The endless disparaging references to ‘the Tories’ is not a smear on a particular MP or activist branch, but on the millions of their fellow citizens.

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.”

Would Barry Gardiner eat an American chlorine-washed chicken?

OK, it’s a silly question, but it applies no less to Liam Fox’s shadow than to the Trade Secretary himself.

The great Conservative student panic

The next manifesto might propose breaking the link between student maintenance costs and parental income by introducing a universal loan.