Ten hurdles that Johnson must leap if a deal is agreed this week

If it happens, he must not just win but keep the backing of the DUP, Spartans, Labour rebels and as many of the whipless 21 as he can – and stave off a referendum too.

The Brexit negotiation and where it goes

We can begin to see how a deal can now be agreed and then pass Parliament. But the obstacles are still formidable.

David Gauke: We won’t leave the EU on October 31st – and Johnson will be blamed

You might blame Parliament for the fact that the Prime Minister will have broken his promise but Parliament didn’t force him to make that promise.

David Shiels: Will the DUP move?

In the end, it may well prefer to hold out for a general election – and the likelihood of a Brexit delay – in the hope that something better turns up.

The Moggcast. “Can we trust Boris?…Yes, he’s deeply trustworthy.”

The new Leader of the House on how he was “gulled” by Theresa May over Brexit, and why it’s “a little bit premature” to talk about resigning if the October deadline isn’t met.

Mark Francois: The funeral of Michael Spicer – a man who saved his country

Had he not founded the European Research Group, we might very well be subject to the Withdrawal Agreement or have never had the chance to vote Leave.

The GATT XXIV plan – and why Brexiteers should pay the EU the compliment of taking its negotiating stance seriously.

Leavers insist correctly that the EU is a political project first and foremost. Which helps to explain why this scheme is unlikely to fly.

Who’s supporting whom: David Jeffery’s calculations. 4) ERG members.

From the blog of the University of Liverpool academic: his detailed breakdown of the contest.

Hunt interview: “I’m clearly second-placed now to Boris, and ready to argue that we have better choices as a country than he is offering.”

He says he’s best placed to deliver Brexit, slash corporation tax and beat Corbyn. And adds “I am not going to criticise Boris for going to a posher public school than me.”

Iain Dale: Johnson – unstoppable now, unless he unstops himself

Many will hope that Gove and Hunt duke it out in a constructive way for the right to take on the man who is the clear winner from the week’s events.

Corbyn will win if today’s Commons motion is passed. And Tory leadership candidates know it.

Gove, Stewart and perhaps others too could see their standing and prospects damaged this afternoon.

Rosalind Beck: It’s not just EU policy that’s driving conservative voters towards the Brexit Party

The anti-business, anti-private property trajectory is doing it just as much damage – as exemplified in the field of housing and rent.

The local election aftermath. May and Corbyn are like two spooked children, drawing nearer for comfort as the thunder rages.

Will they now seek to appease turbulent voters by rushing her-deal-plus-the-Customs-Union through the Commons?

Anger

Amidst verbal and actual violence, it is tempting to seek to shut down, say, Farage or Lammy altogether. But politics without anger would be impossible – and undesirable.

James Arnell: A second referendum is now Brexiteers’ best chance of getting what they want

A Remainer parliament will never be willing to properly implement Brexit. And there is only one other decision-making body: the people.