Grieve is right. The logic of a Government defeat today leads to a change of leadership – and a general election

Neither Tory MPs nor voters want a poll, but a paralysed Government and Parliament would make one all but unavoidable long before 2022.

Nicky Morgan: Chope’s upskirting ban veto, and no-deal hard Brexiteers – fellow travellers in the campaign to wreck modernisation

It says it all, really, that an older male Tory MP should object to outlawing a sexual crime which makes use of twenty-first century technology.

WATCH: Clarke dismisses the idea of an early election

He argues that Labour MPs are as ‘terrified’ of a Corbyn-led government as he is.

WATCH: Shapps – “It’s conceivable but not likely that Theresa May will lead us into the next election”

But the former Party Chairman tells Sophie Ridge that he thinks the Prime Minister needs to stop delaying decisions.

Nick Boles: For a Brexit that works, we must stay in the Customs Union until early in 2022

if the Government insists on an unrealistic policy to satisfy my more ideological colleagues, I will vote against it for the first time in my parliamentary career.

The consequences of Customs Union indecision. How Britain could end up with EEA-lite – formally or informally.

The longer the delay in making a decision, the longer it will take for an alternative to be ready.

Our survey. Over half of members think there will be a Tory majority in 2022.

This is a major rebound in grassroots confidence compared to the start of the year, reflecting both Labour’s woes and the Government’s successful handling of Russia.

Iain Dale: London murders and gang grooming

Plus: Erdogan, Putin and Rouhani meet at the Three Wise Monkeys Summit – hear no evil, see no evil…and evil. Guess which is which.

Andrew Carter: Britain’s cities hold the key to Tory renewal

Whoever leads the Conservatives into the next election needs to gamble some of its political capital on winning over young, urban voters.

Our survey. Confidence in a Tory-led government after the next election hits its lowest since the last one

It’s a sharp fall since last month and the month before, but not a collapse. The rating is back to roughly where it was in September and October.

Why May should make it clear that she will not lead the Conservatives into the next election

Which is what she hinted at after the last one – and which would ease the pressures on her and help get the government back on its feet.

George Maggs: How to reform the NHS. It needs independence. Hypothecated funds. And a constitution.

People will not accept any arrangement that isn’t funded through the tax system and free at the point of use. So we have to find a way of making the current model work.

Robert Buckland: “We must speak the language of opportunity”. His lecture on Tory revival. Full text.

“The language should be that of giving people their chance to succeed and of being on their side – a “people politics” that many practice locally but which must be scaled up.”

Nick Boles: To revitalise modern Conservatism, we must offer voters a Square Deal

My new project takes inspiration from Teddy Roosevelt, who saved American capitalism from itself.

And now for 15 items of good news

May’s damaged authority is having a beneficial side-effect – namely, freeing Tory MPs to think aloud about the Party’s future.