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.

42 per cent and no majority 5) Five steps towards a post-Brexit immigration policy

It is unlikely that the mass of such voters in those crucial northern and midlands marginals would welcome a permissive approach.

Henry Newman: Now it’s the EU that’s mishandling the future treatment of its nationals in Britain

Many of Brussels’ demands, including for continued oversight by the European Court, are quite simply preposterous.

The political imperative of public empathy

The Prime Minister needs to be more self confident with the media.

Seven political myths that have been shattered by this election

Coalitions are the new normal…”banging on about Europe” is inherently unpopular…no-one will ever listen to the polls again.

Interview: May – No, we’re not proposing leaving the ECHR. For the moment, we will look “at what else we can do”

But she confirms that Britain is leaving the ECJ’s jurisdiction, and says that there is a very clear choice on Thursday – between “me and Jeremy Corbyn”.

These terrorists are fanatics – not just “losers”. Or simply “evil”. Until we grasp this, we won’t beat them.

Fear of western girls and women is a part of the ideology which is struggling for control of Islam – the hatred of liberal democracy where Salafism and Islamism meet.

James Frayne: May, not Cameron, is the real heir to Blair

Those looking to find what she really stands for may one day get an answer. But the point for the here and now is: she seeks to dominate the mainstream.

ConHome is told that Foges, Fox and Seely are the three finalists for the Isle of Wight

CCHQ has been taken to task elsewhere for imposing lists of candidates on seats with no connection to it. It certainly hasn’t done so in this case.

May’s maids. Watch the Prime Minister’s show-not-tell drive for more women Conservative MPs.

The selections in the two Tory-held seats to date have both been won by women; and there is at least one woman on the shortlist of every such seat yet to select.

Iain Dale: There’s only so far that Labour can fall in the polls. I think we’ve reached that point now.

Plus: May needs Johnson. My election predictions. Strange selection decisions. And: why I decided not to put my name forward for the seat in which I grew up.

In this election, Christians should deploy the power of the cross

That the pursuit of Farron was legitimate doesn’t mean that they, or anyone else, should feel happy about it – or the bigger trends of which it was part.

Nicky Morgan: I’ve voted for military action in Syria before – and am ready to do so again if necessary

A consequence of Brexit is a danger that the UK ends up having less influence on EU member states over such responses – or sanctions against Russia.

Lewis Baston: Those predicting Conservative hegemony should remember 1992

John Major secured more votes than any other Prime Minister in unpromising circumstances – but ‘stretching the elastic of democracy’ would cost the Party dearly.

Is Gove’s education legacy safe with Greening?

The Education Secretary is grappling with reform of the national funding formula for schools at a time when spending on them is under pressure.