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.

Will Johnson get a Brexit deal done after all?

Plus: Could the Brexit Party get a free run from the Conservatives in 50 seats? Welcome, Chris Mason. And: my weekend.

Why resignation may be the least bad option for Johnson

Yesterday’s Downing Street briefing and the plight of the Brexit talks suggest that he will ultimately settle for extension. That could be fatal – not least for him.

Sarah Ingham: The proper place to call the government to account is not the courts, but the ballot box

MPs should be ever-ready to assert the rights of Parliament over the Executive. But they should not be outsourcing the voters’ job to judges.

Don’t assume that this Commons will vote for a general election

MPs would thus become the elected equivalents of the welfare scroungers of tabloid legend – dragging the reputation of Parliament even deeper into the mud.

The day the Conservatives swung behind a Canada-type Brexit

The Chequers Plan has been dead for some time, but Johnson has now read the funeral rites over it.

David Trimble and Roderick Crawford: The Government’s new proposals meet the EU’s original aims better than the backstop

The last has failed to meet the objectives set out in both the original negotiating guidelines and in the Northen Ireland Protocol itself.

How the whip-deprived 21 have weakened Johnson’s negotiating position

Had the Benn Act not been passed, it would be far stronger – as he presents his new “fair and reasonable compromise” to the EU.

This was the old, cuddly Boris – not the new, Trumpish Johnson – but with a difference. He was remorselessly on-message.

There is a sense with all Johnson speeches that he is somehow parodying a politician making one – that the whole thing is done tongue-in-cheek.

Strangely subdued

The mood of this conference has been supportive but apprehensive. And now we are finally seeing the outlines of Johnson’s negotiating plan.

The Supreme Court’s ruling. Why not now go all the way – and let Bercow deliver the Queen’s Speech?

Its verdict fundamentally misunderstands Parliamentary Sovereignty – thus raising big questions about the future of the judiciary and the stability of our constitution.

John Baron: Johnson must keep calm, carry on – and reject the Withdrawal Agreement

The Government’s policy of reminding the electorate that it is keeping faith with the largest democratic exercise in our country’s political history is correct.

Iain Dale: Swinson’s revoke policy disincentivises more Conservative defections

Plus: Why won’t Corbyn come on LBC and give an interview? He hasn’t done once since becoming Labour leader.

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.

Daniel Hannan: Cameron maligns Brexiteers because he misunderstands them

The idea that self-government might matter to Johnson or Gove more than, say, party loyalty leaves him genuinely nonplussed.