James Frayne: Public support for the Government appears to have dropped – but not when it comes to individual policies

People strongly back it banning separate households meeting indoors where infection rates have risen, among other moves.

Crispin Blunt and Sue Pascoe: It’s time to correct the stoking of alarm and spreading of misinformation about trans people

As a Party, we should hold out a helping hand to all those who still face the difficulties of daily life – who still cannot be their authentic selves.

Rainer Zitelmann: Wealth taxes would be neither popular nor Conservative. Sunak must remember this tomorrow.

Contrary to what members of the Labour Party say, the evidence demonstrates that the public desire for high taxes on the rich is low.

Polling snapshot. Coming out of lockdown, Starmer’s election and disillusion with the Government are returning us to politics as normal.

There is no evidence from the poll of polls that the Dominic Cummings affair speeded up what has been a steady Tory decline since mid-April.

We hope and expect Johnson will be back by May 8. But if he isn’t, Raab must lead in easing the lockdown.

The art will be to do so in such a way that the NHS can cope with a rise in admissions. And social distancing for the most vulnerable must remain in place.

James Frayne: Public opinion on the lockdown is a rapidly ticking timebomb

If employers consider themselves to be heading for catastrophe, it suggests that the wider public will catch up before too long.

A good election for the pollsters, but most still under-estimated the Tories

The result will probably offer some respite to an industry which has previously come in for a lot of flak from certain quarters for misrepresenting the state of the race.

Robert Halfon: Javid embodies the Conservative dream – and should be the next Prime Minister

Amongst the hopefuls, he fares best on account of his competence, his ability to handle Brexit, manage the economy and unite the country.

James Frayne: Yes, voters are nervous about No Deal. None the less, they simply want the Government to get on with leaving.

It’s hard to see how the Conservatives can sustain their electoral position by U-turning on Brexit. Its core vote will surely completely collapse.

Iain Dale: Were it not for Churchill, McDonnell might be speaking German. And so could the rest of us.

Plus: Up, up and away – HS2’s costs. Staying down – LibDem poll ratings. Stuck where they are – Labour’s.

Nick Hargrave: Cameron’s modernisation was necessary then. And an updated version is necessary now.

When you’re worried about your child’s school, politicians look remote when they sound more interested in acronym bingo on whether we should look more like Canada or Norway.

How Chequers seems to have bled the Conservative vote

The Tories have been ahead only once since the summit, though the shift away from them has flattened out.

Rebecca Lowe: Women’s attitudes to the Conservatives – and vice-versa – are not what you may think

There are clearly questions about what’s happening in relation to voting, membership, and representation — and what the Party should or might want to do.

James Frayne: National security isn’t a priority for most voters. But here’s why it could matter at the next election.

It can be a proxy for “leadership” – and it offers the chance to further differentiate the party culturally from Labour.

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.