Ten questions about entryism in the Conservative Party

Claims about an organised, hostile takeover of the Party have reared their heads again. Is there any truth to them?

The 30 Conservative MPs who rebelled to vote for Letwin’s amendment

The list includes the three who resigned from the Government this evening – and Green, one of the Prime Minister’s oldest allies.

Enter – or rather exit – the Spartans

A dedicated band of Conservative pro-Brexit holdouts stands ready to perish rather than let May’s deal pass.

The 75 Conservative MPs who opposed the Prime Minister’s deal

Mostly ERG-aligned Leavers – but roughly ten former Remainers, a core of whom now back a second referendum.

Collins unanimously readopted in Folkstone and Hythe

An apparent clown car attempt at some kind of entryism has….fallen flat on its face again. Who knew?

Profile: Damian Collins. Running energetically (and sometimes tumbling over) as he pursues Leave campaigners

A Conservative MP who has seen much of Collins says: “I like him. He’s more intelligent and thoughtful than his public manner gives one to expect.”

How should our electoral law change to work in the digital age?

From ‘fake news’ to micro-targeting, crowd-funding to data rights, we explore the key areas of focus for an overdue review of the rules of our democracy.

Iain Dale: It was Phillip Lee, but could have been me

Plus: Damian Collins and his useless Select Committee shot themselves in the foot this week. Let grandstanding committee chairmen be warned.

WATCH: Collins – “We have a right to know the extent of Arron Banks’ relationship with the Russian embassy”

The Chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport Select Committee is looking forward to questioning him this week.

Nicholas Mazzei: Why it’s unfair to tell us Diehard Remainers to “get over it”

A response to Paul Goodman’s recent article arguing that opponents of Leave should accept that spending didn’t swing the referendum – since Remain spent more.

J P Floru: People only moan about the use of Facebook data when it is used by campaigns they dislike

If Hillary and Remain had won, using the same methods, would anyone at the Guardian or the BBC have cared a bean about Cambridge Analytica’s behaviour?

Interview: Damian Collins on how the Government can remove the sword of Damocles dangling over the press

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee Chairman says that the key is for IPSO to adopt a Leveson-compliant system of low-cost arbitration.

Emma McClarkin: Why I now doubt whether any of the FIFA presidency candidates are up to the job

If all but one of them shy away from even debating the issues in a public forum, what chance do we have?

Results of the first tranche of Select Committee elections

Some backbenchers are unhappy that people who already have a job as a PPS have been allowed to stand.

Leveson debate snapshot: Four Conservative MPs for statutory regulation, eight against

By Paul GoodmanFollow Paul on Twitter For statutory regulation Robert Buckland George Eustice Sir Edward Garnier Zac Goldsmith Against statutory… Read more »