Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Starmer got his jabs in first, but lacked a knock-out blow

The Prime Minister’s manner was playful, as if no one need take too seriously what happened to him last night.

Emily Carver: Kate Bingham is right – the machinery of government is in trouble. It’s time Johnson proved he has a vision.

Unfortunately, ever-increasing public spending and green policies inspire little confidence in the Prime Minister.

Adrian Lee: Sixty five years on, how the Suez Crisis affected the direction of British Conservative policy

The consequences for the international order have been debated for decades, but, in contrast, little attention has been paid to this area.

Shaun Bailey: There is nothing anti-Conservative about being pro-social housing

I have spoken many times about my childhood experiences of inadequate housing, sofa surfing and years spent on council house waiting lists.

Rishi Thorneycroft? Or Rishi Selwyn Lloyd? (Or neither?)

Keynesian Macmillan got through four Chancellors in six years. We hope that Boosterist Johnson, who’s already lost one, doesn’t see this as a precedent.

Adrian Lee: Delays, filth,Traveller’s Fare, Savile, Gary Glitter – and a failed service. Beware of Ministers re-inventing British Rail.

Privatisation was the wave of the future during the 1990s. Great British Railways risks turning its back on progress.

Robert Halfon: The Conservatives were the party of affordable and social housing – and must be again

This government should not be afraid to fix the rules that are currently breaking our country’s housing market.

Shapps has spotted a once-in-a-lifetime chance to give Britain world-class railways

The Transport Secretary has set up a reform committee which is getting ready to use the pandemic to rout the Luddites in the rail unions.

Bob Neill: There is no good reason to apply the same Covid restrictions throughout London

The London Borough of Bromley, which I am proud to represent, is a case in point – because cases remain relatively low.

Iain Dale: Covid-19. There is no good reason why the arts sector should get a billion pound bailout while coach operators do not

Plus: If Johnson goes soon, it will be of his volition. And: these presidential debates are a train crash for America.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: A better day for Johnson, who refuses to go grouse shooting

Starmer’s absence permitted the Prime Minister to relax, and to strike a kinder, gentler tone.

Johnson benefits from the scorn of critics such as Parris, for it suggests the Prime Minister is still an outsider

I have decided to write a second volume of my life of Johnson, who has always been an affront to serious-minded people’s idea of politics.

David Lidington: My friend David Gauke is wrong. Liberal Tories should still feel at home in the Conservative Party.

Our electoral success has rested in large measure on an ability and willingness to adapt to the realities of social and economic change.

This is the most socially liberal Conservative government in history

We give you divorce reform, abortion law in Northern Ireland, citizenship rights for three million Hong Kongers, and the rainbow flag.

Johnson, Starmer – and their strategies in firing people

After the Labour leader sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey, others expect Johnson to be tougher on his adviser and Minister.