Lord Ashcroft: “Sturgeon still keeps banging on about independence”. My general election focus groups from Scotland.

For most of those considering a change of parties, this left one viable option: “I hate to say it, but the Tories.”

Douglas Carswell: The pundits know nothing

For the most part, those in SW1 don’t actually set out to deceive the public. The trouble is – they deceive themselves.

Tina Stowell: The question that voters are asking in this election is – who’s with us, and who’s against us?

Last June’s Brexit vote had less to do with EU membership than a wider discontent with how Britain is governed.

Lee Rotherham: Labour can’t both cling to its EU policy and nationalise the railways, too

Rail liberalisation is being extended into the EEA agreement: the Fourth Railway Package is set to increase competition further.

WATCH: “I mean…mmm…er…but, I think…you know…” Blair’s response when challenged to accept the EU referendum result.

The question is put to him by Matthew Elliott of the Legatum Institute, formerly the CEO of Vote Leave.

James Frayne: May, not Cameron, is the real heir to Blair

Those looking to find what she really stands for may one day get an answer. But the point for the here and now is: she seeks to dominate the mainstream.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: Compulsory voting? Only as a last resort. And we’re not there yet.

Britain has a tradition of democracy, and Britons shunning elections are not, typically, making a stance against that.

Nicky Morgan: It’s time to focus on white working-class boys – whose needs are neglected in too many schools

Low aspirational parenting and teaching are key problems.

Huw Merriman: BBC Impartiality? Yes, please – but not with MPs as the referees

There is a danger that those of us with strong opinions are not always the best judges of balance.

Nadhim Zahawi: An independence referendum on the SNP’s timetable wouldn’t be fair to Scotland. But they don’t care.

We cannot have a vote when all that is known is what legal deal has been agreed.

Julian Knight: Why we believe that it’s time for better balance from the BBC

Impartiality shouldn’t be mistaken for overlooking so much that is good about Britain.

Scotland and a referendum. Send for Cummings to help fight for the Union.

The most ominous portent for a second poll is that the No campaign has collapsed. It needs rebooting urgently.

Nadhim Zahawi: It isn’t UKIP that stands to gain from the collapse of Labour. It’s the Conservatives.

The “People’s Army” is an unpopular party and an unattractive brand. They always have been, and Brexit has changed nothing.

Josh Neidus: Why May must not give up on Single Market membership

The Government appears bumbling, directionless and out-of-ideas before Article 50 has even been triggered.

Andrew Kennedy: Our findings on whether the mass of new Party members who joined post-referendum will renew

63 per cent say yes, 23 per cent say no – but the response rate to our survey suggests that the first figure will turn out to be lower.