Fight crimes not Grimes

Patel should haul in Dick for an interview without coffee. Meanwhile, Loughton intends to raise the case at the Home Affairs Select Committee.

Kate Dommett and Sam Power: We must act now to protect our elections from foreign interference

We are seeing the rise of the outrider. These ‘non-party campaigns’ often spring up in and around elections – with the public in the dark about their funding.

Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has failed to take action against fake newspapers – or fake political parties

Polling organisations have strict guidelines as to questions and methodology. Why can’t we have rules to stop dodgy bar charts?

Russians in the bed?

If Putin hoped that Brexit would detach us from our alliances, there’s no evidence of that happening so far, and much to the contrary.

Peter Golds: I’m delighted that outdated election law is being reviewed

The Electoral Commission stumbles from one crisis to another – while proven voter fraud goes unpunished.

“An experiment that has failed”. Jon Moynihan of Vote Leave’s full submission about the Electoral Commission.

The Public Administration Committee would take a 3000-word document only. Here is Moynihan’s complete take.

The new boundary review will stick at 650 seats. Cui bono?

Analysis suggested the smaller map would have produced a bigger Tory majority – but others say it would make it harder for newly-elected MPs to hold on next time.

Local elections postponed until 2021

The Electoral Commission had proposed a delay until the autumn. It does leave a number of practical challenges.

James Frayne: Seven non-Leave players who helped to make Brexit happen

All those named inadvertently paved the way for Britain’s exit. They feature an American President, a Supreme Court judge – and a quango.

Peter Golds: The Electoral Commission has rewritten the law to make it difficult to investigate vote fraudsters

It has, without consultation or a change in the law, slammed shut the principal way that investigating corruption of the register may be properly conducted.

Henry Hill: Belief that DUP are softening their position raises hopes of Brexit deal

Also: Poll suggests SNP have a mountain to climb on independence; Cameron admits he asked Queen to intervene in 2014; and more.

Peter Golds: Our electoral process needs urgent root and branch reform

In April 2020, Lutfur Rahman will have his disqualification lifted. He will be free to stand in the 2022 local elections. Will the police have learned anything?

Henry Hill: GERS Day – Scottish Government’s own statistics punch fresh hole in the case for independence

“When otherwise sensible folk, holding down serious jobs, devise and propagate all manner of conspiracy theories, as well as insult Scottish Government analysts…”

Now can we all agree that something is seriously wrong at the Electoral Commission?

When there are genuine threats, foreign and domestic, our democracy needs better protection than this visibly failing organisation.

Daniel Hannan: For Brexit to work, power must be stripped from the quangocrats – and returned to people we elect

Over the past three years, we have seen large chunks of our bureaucracy – civil servants, quangocrats and other officials – working to frustrate the referendum result.