Cabinet League Table: Johnson takes the gold – with Javid in second place

Not a good month for the Foreign Secretary, who slips from third place to eighth. But this is probably just due to the rising popularity of others.

WATCH: Cleverly – “Unless and until we get an extension from the EU, 31 Oct remains our exit date”.

The Conservative Party Chairman is adamant the UK could still leave EU this week.

Iain Dale: Were it not for the fringe at each year’s Conservative conference, what would be the point of coming?

Plus: How should you respond when someone comes up and tells you that they love what you do?

Javid keeps the gold but Johnson and Rees-Mogg fail to medal in our Cabinet League Table

Brexiteers retain their stranglehold on the top of the chart, but there is a general downward drift. Is it a foretaste of what might happen if we fail to leave the EU next month?

Javid, Johnson, and Rees-Mogg hold their podium slots in our Cabinet League Table

The data for this was collected before the Government’s string of Commons defeats – next month’s may look rather different.

Azeem Ibrahim: In praise of James Cleverly

Cleverly can undercut perceptions of the party as being just for the rich and those born with a silver spoon in their mouths.

WATCH: Cleverly – Extra NHS funding comes from economic growth

The new Party Chairman doesn’t quite utter the Cameron-like words “sharing the proceeds of growth”, but that’s his message.

Javid pips Johnson and Rees-Mogg to the top of the podium in our first Cabinet League Table of the new Government

Meanwhile Ruth Davidson, so often one of the highest-scoring politicians, is at the bottom of the chart after her row with Johnson and strong line against No Deal.

Full list of Cabinet appointments

A rolling list of all the senior members of the new Government. As we write, we have the Cabinet list plus those entitled to attend.

Johnson’s shuffle. If one asks for decisiveness – for an end to drift – don’t complain when it’s delivered.

We have the Government that we should have had then, ready to counter the charge that Vote Leave scurried away from Brexit, rather than manning up to deliver it.

ConHome’s Ministerial recommendations: how did we do and what did we learn?

The key to promotion in this shuffle wasn’t primarily having backed Leave – it was supporting Johnson.

Johnson is set to face an early general election. His Cabinet must be ruthlessly shaped to fight it – on a No Deal platform.

Its members must be signed up to leaving on October 31. Here’s a rough draft of what the top team might look like.

Andrew Gimson’s leadership sketch: Conventional forces crush the Stewart rebellion

But a schoolboy was delighted to meet Theresa May.

From Reggie to Rory Sahib: Here at Westminster, you can smell the fear and ambition

Of course, many of the sacked ministers – Fallon, Mitchell, Shapps and a dozen others are hoping for preferment under a Boris administration.

WATCH: Cleverly – Now that I’m out of the contest, I’m backing Johnson

“I’ve seen him reach out to audiences and voters that the Conservative Party would not normally expect to be onside.”