Corbyn’s speech showed his fear of losing his anti-establishment street cred

Class war was the tried and trusted theme. Yet the Labour leader has managed to come across as both weak and extreme.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Johnson makes Corbyn look weak

The Prime Minister reminded everyone that he likes nothing better than to go out in rough seas.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: A strange and ominous day in the Palace of Westminster

Clarke delivered an attack which recalled Howe’s on Thatcher.

The Commons votes for an early general election by 298 to 56 – not the two-thirds majority required.

The Prime Minister needed the support of 434 of them. But Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs abstained.

Johnson calls his opponents’ bluff

Only yesterday they rejected a confidence vote. Today, in characteristically Cummings style, they are compelled to contemplate one.

Gareth Lyon: Post-Boris. The Prime Minister is more Lyndon Johnson than his jokey former self.

And just like Kennedy’s successor, he must match a serious time with a focus on delivery, not just promises.

Virginia Crosbie: A Conservative victory depends on women voters

If we are to win a majority in Parliament at the next General Election it is critical that we win the women’s vote.

Does the Conservative Party have enough money to fight a European election campaign?

The Party’s Chief Executive has briefed the Cabinet that there are insufficient funds to fight a snap General Election. How bare is the cupboard?

CCHQ accelerates candidate assessments, in an apparently urgent effort to address the shortage

They were caught out in 2017 with too few candidates on the list. Could this sudden urgency be a sign of an election in the offing?

WATCH: Cleverly insists that the Conservatives are not planning a general election

“We have got a minority government in a turbulent time.”

Our new monthly Party members’ survey opens today

There’s a new name on the list of potential next Tory leaders.

WATCH: Corbyn: “We welcome the opportunity of a general election”

The Labour leader delivers his pitch, but Mark Francois asks: “Is that it?”

Rebecca Coulson: E is for executive, establishment, elite, experts – and, I suspect as we peer at the months ahead, election

As any crossword fan knows, that letter (or, ok, more usually her full monogram) represents the Queen. Here’s why it seems a topical signifier.