WATCH: “What I do know is she’s currently being investigated by the EHRC”. Allin-Khan on Murphy.

She responds to a report in the Sunday Times that Jeremy Corbyn has nominated his former chief of staff Karie Murphy for a peerage.

The Queen’s Speech in York, Cummings-style

We suggest that the state coach wends its way from Buckingham Palace to York along the slow lane of the A1 – via Finchley Road, Brent Cross and the Doncaster by-pass.

WATCH: Long-Bailey promises to abolish House of Lords

“We are fed-up of the Westminster bubble. We have got to shift power and wealth into our communities.”

What you may have missed about the Conservative Manifesto 5) Johnson has neither forgiven nor forgotten the Supreme Court

He will remember Lady Hale and her swipe over “girly swots”.  More pertinently, he will have in mind the court’s constitutionally illterate decision over prorogation.

Stephen Laws: Post-election, the Government must act to restore the balance of the constitution

Ministers should avoid sweeping changes and primary legislation, but there are a number of careful reforms to be made to address problems highlighted by Brexit.

Matt Kilcoyne: The Conservative manifesto. Wooing Labour heartlands with socialist policy is a doomed strategy.

The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.

Andrew Gimson’s Conference sketch: No riot in Manchester, Rees-Mogg and Gauke applauded

The eerie atmosphere at this conference is the calm in a party which wants to come back together.

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.

WATCH: In the Lords 2) Parliament is prorogued – but two Opposition Lords Commissioners boycott part of the ceremomy

Baroness Smith and Lord Newby are reported to have shunned the event: three Commissioners sit instead of two.

WATCH: In the Lords 1) The Speaker caves in. He arrives in the Lords for prorogation

He is flanked by Black Rod, an Associate Serjeant-at-arms and a Clerk: they approach the Bar to bow three times.

Jonathan Clark: Brexit. Is democracy at risk?

Two different conceptions of it are widely held in the UK, representative and direct. In 2019, they collide.

Grieve today, Francois tomorrow? The rights and wrongs of withdrawing the whip from Conservative rebels.

Shouldn’t local Assocations have the right to select their candidate?  It is far from obvious to us that the answer is no.

David Gauke: Why I believe that Parliament must stop a No Deal Brexit this week

It was never possible to maintain exactly the same benefits of EU membership whilst walking away from the institutions and the rules.

Chris White: The Government has pitched Remainer MPs into a race against time

Downing Street has spent the summer months diligently working through the mathematics of how to eat up as much time as possible.

Bob Seely: Saving Britain billions. Ideas for the contenders in this leadership contest.

This is a contribution to the debate – now let’s see what the candidates offer during the week ahead.