Daniel Hannan: Farewell to Edward du Cann, the courtly Eurosceptic who helped propel Thatcher to power

Behind his languid exterior lay a man of unusual principle, to whom all Conservatives have cause to be grateful.

The Commons has acted as the legislature of a sovereign country

Although Brexit has not yet taken place, it has already had an admirably invigorating effect on Parliament.

Richard Ritchie: Was the election result really such a disaster for the Conservatives?

By 2022, Corbyn will no longer look ‘new’, and that he came close to winning in 2017 should mean that he will then be exposed to far greater scrutiny,

One isn’t enough

The Electoral Reform Society calculates that a tiny change in votes would have given May a bare majority last spring. But how much difference would this have made?

Lewis Baston: Election gambles that worked. And those that failed – like May’s this year.

And those that never were, such as 1978, 1991 and 2007. Prime Ministers tend to make the opposite error to that of their predecessors.

John Deben: Weak leadership, catastrophic decisions. The appeasement of reactionaries over Brexit has betrayed Heath’s legacy

He wouldn’t have let Cash and Fox, Johnson and Rees-Mogg seize the agenda. He would have fought Farage’s populism as he fought that of Powell.

Gimson’s election diary: In Halifax, Corbyn looks like a fatal handicap for Labour

Opinion polls which show Labour in contention cannot be reconciled with the public’s contempt for the party’s leader.

No, this is not “the most controlled election campaign ever”. But it is, perhaps, the most dull.

None the less, campaigns are not devised for the entertainment of journalists and websites. They are crafted to win votes. Which this one seems to be doing.

Richard Ritchie: Power-sharing government at Stormont is always bound to break down

Direct rule from Westminster is the proper unionist option.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Sir Keir wins a Brexit concession for the Dinner Party

Parliamentary sovereignty has become fashionable among Europhiles who used to consider it barbaric.

Interview: Andy Street believes he can put a knife through Labour’s heart in the West Midlands

He says that while Birmingham itself and Solihull are particularly buoyant, large parts of the region feel that they have missed out on growth.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Clarke delivers a tremendous Brexit swansong

Davis and Starmer said the EU referendum result must be respected, but Clarke upheld MPs’ right to defy it.

Richard Ritchie: Leaving the EU. What would Powell have made of the role of the Supreme Court?

My guess is that he would have argued that this is a matter for Parliament, with no need to resort to the judiciary.

Lewis Baston: That “racist Tory leaflet” in Smethwick was certainly racist – but it wasn’t Tory

None the less, the local Conservatives exploited the climate of prejudice, while Labour sometimes bent to accommodate it.

Tim Bale: Memo to May. Don’t forget One Nation, Prime Minister.

The ideal is all the more necessary in a polity in which a plurality of just 30-something percent can win you virtually untrammelled power.