Profile: Steve Baker, Christian Conservative, ERG organiser, small stater – and thorn in Johnson’s side

Baker has infuriated some Tories, but others regard him as the rising hope of the stern unbending Austrian economists.

Ben Houchen: Achieving hydrogen heat for the nation is worth investing in – as Teesside can prove

We’re also doing outstanding research into green hydrogen, whose production can become increasingly affordable.

Johnson puts the case for more localism in England. Now he must deliver it.

The more radical his plans are, the more resistance there will be. But one can’t serve up a municipal omelette without breaking eggs.

Mario Laghos: Covid reminds us of the dangers of depending on others. We would be mad to do so again – with food.

The proposed Australian trade deal risks bankrupting our farmers. The competition is unfair, their standards lower – and our consumer gain minimal.

Sorry, Matthew, but there’s a Centre Party already – Johnson’s Conservatives

The centre isn’t where he or ConservativeHome or anyone else wants it to be. It’s where it is – “Far From Notting Hill”.

Hannan becomes the Conservative Party’s International Ambassador

As an old European Conservatives and Reformists hand, our columnist has centre-right connections in the EU, Europe, America – and worldwide.

A tale of two cities. The Conservative Government has had smooth relations with Liverpool – less so with Manchester.

That part of England where the Tories are most hated has offered the greatest possible cooperation with Boris Johnson.

How our call for a cost-benefit analysis is contributing to Johnson’s Covid climbdown on lockdowns and tiers

We knew that even the prospect of one would widen and deepen debate on Coronavirus policy – which was essential.

The Education Secretary must lead school openings in less than a month. Which is why his Department needs new leadership now.

Johnson will almost certainly decide to tough it out. But he will have a big problem if school returns prove tricky.

Daniel Hannan: Sweden settled in for the long haul, and now doesn’t need to worry about a second surge

Having correctly judged that there would be no immediate vaccine, it opted for a sustainable response.​

Daniel Hannan: ​Fewer are dying of the virus, thank goodness. But we are somehow more nervous about it now than we were in March.

Staying at home is, like anything else, habit-forming. Getting people to come out of lockdown is the hard part of the Government’s plan.

WATCH: “This goes way beyond irritating wokery, this is a fundamental attack on the Enlightenment”

“It’s the single most worrying intellectual current that we have lived through”, Daniel Hannan explains in this extract from our latest live event.

FREE ConservativeHome Live event with Daniel Hannan on the future of freedom

What does the future hold for individual liberty, freedom of expression, and private enterprise? Join us for our next event at 7pm on Wednesday 15th July.

School re-openings. Williamson is making his case without a taranatula perched on his shoulder.

Enraged voters are not his target: he is zeroing in on the mass of questioning teachers and parents.

Mark Wallace: How Eurosceptics survived the wilderness years, and returned to win the day

The second piece in our mini-series on the road to Brexit explores the challenges which the anti-EU movement overcame to survive and then thrive.