Hustings in Maidstone. Johnson offers glutinous harmony while Hunt is “the better Jeremy”.

The front-runner promised over a thousand Party members to employ “creative ambiguity” to achieve Brexit by October 31st.

Tim Bonner: The next Conservative leader shouldn’t take the rural vote for granted

If he is looking for a legacy beyond Brexit, then ‘rural proofing’ all government policy would be a good place to start.

This May speech was aimed at the EU27 – not her own party. And its message was: I want to have my cherries and eat them.

Hardish in principle, softer in detail, she is crafting a position intended to get those elusive trade talks going as soon as possible.

Hunt followers do not blame May for backing away from a free vote on the ban

At the Kimblewick Hunt in the Chilterns, they can see that now is not the time to try to reverse it.

James Frayne: May is right to drop her vote on the hunting ban – it should never have been in the manifesto in the first place

At best, people don’t think about the issue. But as soon as they do, they overwhelmingly support the ban. A vote would have been hugely damaging.

Gareth Baines: How good Tory candidates in Wales were betrayed by a dire central campaign

Bit by bit and blunder by blunder, I watched CCHQ pull the rug from under our candidate.

James Barrington: Why advocates of the Hunting Act are running scared of repeal

A free vote on repeal gives legislators the opportunity to review the impact of the fox hunting ban. No wonder the law’s supporters are nervous.

Lord Ashcroft: “Vote Labour and get a free kitten” – my General Election focus groups, with three weeks to go

Previous Labour voters wondered whether the party’s pledges were credible or affordable.

It’s time for Conservatives to get over Thatcher, get on with May – and look forward, not back

The Prime Minister’s manifesto will have its flaws, but she has grasped the implications of Brexit more surely than any other senior politician.

Will Scottish MPs again try to vote on the hunting law in England?

There will probably be a majority in the new House of Commons to repeal the ban – despite the SNP’s mischief.

Tim Bonner: The Hunting Act has to go

It may not have closed hunts down, but a law rooted in prejudice and class warfare is a stain on the statute book.

Tim Bonner: The BBC must not be allowed to bend its impartiality rules

Splitting hairs over whether or not someone is a ‘recurring’ or ‘regular’ TV presenter shouldn’t allow someone to abuse a neutral platform.

Profile: Tracey Crouch, the Sports Minister who leads Conservative opposition to hunting

Could it be that she has done Cameron a favour by helping to avert a relaxation of the hunting ban?

WATCH: Anti-hunting groups welcome Sturgeon’s intervention

Brian May says opponents of the proposed amendment are “so grateful to the SNP”.

We mustn’t play Sturgeon’s aggravation game on hunting – or anything else.

The SNP are trying to provoke noisy confrontations to deepen divisions they can exploit. Patience and politeness should be our weapons.