The Duke abandons the Tories and Grieve goes for Cummings

And Bercow, bad-mannered to the end, announces that he at least will leave on 31st October

Javid, Johnson, and Rees-Mogg hold their podium slots in our Cabinet League Table

The data for this was collected before the Government’s string of Commons defeats – next month’s may look rather different.

Would the Withdrawal Agreement be acceptable without the backstop? 2) Barclay’s reply to Redwood

In a letter dated May this year, the Brexit Secretary attempted to assuage concerns about the implications of Theresa May’s deal for the United Kingdom.

Would the Withdrawal Agreement be acceptable without the backstop? 1) Redwood’s letter to Cox

“There is much more I could object to. This is no Treaty to take back control, no Treaty for a newly independent nation.”

Javid pips Johnson and Rees-Mogg to the top of the podium in our first Cabinet League Table of the new Government

Meanwhile Ruth Davidson, so often one of the highest-scoring politicians, is at the bottom of the chart after her row with Johnson and strong line against No Deal.

Full list of Cabinet appointments

A rolling list of all the senior members of the new Government. As we write, we have the Cabinet list plus those entitled to attend.

ConHome’s Ministerial recommendations: how did we do and what did we learn?

The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.

Javid feels the benefit of his leadership bid in the final Cabinet League Table of the May years

Other candidates for the top job gain ground – but not all do so. Meanwhile, the Cabinet’s collective approval rating rises somewhat as May’s departure approaches.

Andrew Gimson’s leadership sketch: Johnson has a successful launch, but the feral beasts are not happy

He is doing well because managerialism and bureaucratic language are not enough.

Mordaunt leads the pack in our latest Cabinet League Table

Truss and Davidson take the other podium spots, challenging the assumptions held in some quarters about the Tory grassroots.

Iain Dale: Something has changed this week. Since May announced talks with Corbyn. I can smell it.

Plus: What would it take to get the Cabinet leavers to resign? Clarke’s Maastricht Treaty Customs Union moment. And: in defence of Robbie Gibb.

Daniel Hannan: We are shuffling towards a deal that is worse either than remaining or leaving

The EU asks: what do you want? But the Commons has said what it wants. Namely, the so-called Brady Amendment.

Three cheers for the Commons for the way it is conducting the necessary argument on Europe

Progressive commentators and saloon-bar orators are wrong to condemn MPs for finding the national issue hard to settle.

WATCH: Cox urges MPs to seize a last chance to secure an imminent Brexit date

He argues that the House faces a “clear choice”, and rejecting the Withdrawal Agreement would jeopardise any extension of Article 50.

Letwin the optimist says MPs can still find a Brexit which commands a majority

Harmony reigned as he denied being a revolutionary.