WATCH: Raab – “We won’t even give ourselves a shot at a deal unless the EU knows we’re willing to walk away”

“This isn’t the moment for foghorn diplomacy. This is the moment for calm, steely determination.”

Dominic Raab answers ConservativeHome readers’ questions

The former Brexit Secretary submits to your scrutiny as the leadership race proceeds.

Johnson. Not the Prime Minister we deserve. But the Prime Minister we need right now.

A general election is rolling down the tracks. And he is the man best placed to see off Corbyn and Farage.

Johnson’s bandwagon rolls on, Davidson declares for the Home Secretary – and Gove deploys weapons of mass distraction

Also: don’t cut members out of the contest. And the right exam question for candidates is: who can best win a general election?

Raab’s answer to the seven questions we asked of him

Like two other leading candidates we’ve probed especially closely, he’s come back to us with responses.

ConHome’s snap leadership election survey. Johnson puts on ten points – and bestrides our table like a colossus

He is set to cakewalk this contest if his colleagues in the Commons put his name before the members.

Conservative leadership election. Candidates’ polices – full list

Each week, we’ll be summarising the announcements made by those vying to succeed May as Prime Minister.

ConservativeHome’s leadership election panel. “The next Tory leader’s task is to fashion a home for “decent populists”

Each week, our panel of John O’Sullivan, Rachel Wolf, Trevor Phillips, Tim Montgomerie and Marcus Roberts will analyse and assess what’s happening.

This week’s winner in the Tory leadership election is…Johnson

The vocation of the front-runner is not to mess up. And he hasn’t. Indeed, he has picked up support – and upped the pace.

Key questions for candidates 4) Raab

A series in which we ask seven public questions of the leading contenders. They may not be the most convenient, but that’s why we’re asking them.

Ben Roback: Downing Street – and the leadership contenders – weathered Trump’s visit to London better than feared

There were plenty of nerves, but the general impression is that it could have gone a lot worse.

Scandal of the council-owned empty garages continues

Our survey identified 15,875 of them. Many of these could be redeveloped to provide new homes.

There’s no majority in this Commons for anything. This Conservative contest is faltering because candidates won’t face that fact.

None are willing to admit that an election is likely, and set out how on earth they would win it with Brexit undelivered.

This week’s winner in the Tory leadership contest is…Gove

His announcement on EU nationals – crafted to appeal to liberal Leavers, Remainers and Softer Brexiteers – has perfect pitch in terms of the coalition he is trying to build.

Rachel Wolf: Would-be Prime Ministers should be wary of the long-term cost of short-term policy pledges

Campaigning through policy might be effective, but each promise made by a leadership candidate with little time for thought or research is a hostage to fortune.