Iain Dale: The tragi-comedy of the collapse of Change UK

Plus: Sympathy for the Downing Street SpAds. The case for chemical castration. And: my interviews with the Tory leadership candidates.

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.

Now Malthouse withdraws from the leadership election. “There is an appetite for this contest to be over quickly.”

He leaves the field as the 1922 Committee agrees and announces rules for the conduct of the election.

Pauline Latham: Why I am voting for McVey

Esther is one of the rare politicians I’ve met who is able to communicate authentically with voters in all parts of the country.

Message to the ’22: please speed up the ballots

We see no reason why the bottom three, say, shouldn’t fall out each time – rather than just the one, as previously.

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.

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.

Our survey. Next Tory Leader. So much excitement, so little change. Johnson maintains his lead.

He, Raab and Gove are in the same order as last month – first, second and third. No other candidate reaches double figures.

Next Tory Leader: Present runners and riders

There are no fewer than 11 candidates declared as we write, and at least eight others who might join the fray.

WATCH: “I’m standing on a Blue Collar Conservative platform,” says McVey

She says that as Prime Minister she would move money from the Aid Budget to the schools and police budgets.

Leadsom refused to support an EU second referendum plan that she had not approved

It could just be that the next Minister to depart will be none other than the Prime Minister herself.

Matt Kilcoyne: The debate over British Steel puts a spotlight on Tory divisions

Is the party about protecting British industry, prioritising the environment, or unleashing the free market? The leadership contest must answer the question.

WATCH: McVey says that the Cabinet may “want to dismantle Brexit and get Remain through a back door”

The former Work and Pensions Secretary was speaking at a Blue Collar Conservatism event to promote her Tory leadership candidacy.

There are too many Conservative leadership candidates

The contest may or may not produce a Snow White.  But statistically, there are bound to be more than seven dwarves.

Mordaunt becomes the first ever woman Defence Secretary

This is the post she has long wanted, and will have been disappointed not to get last time round.