Profile: Nadhim Zahawi, vaccines minister and a rising star who knows what it is like to fall

When his family fell on hard times, education made the difference. Were there to be a vacancy in that department, he would be an obvious candidate.

A new play explores life after Brexit, when the old parties are swept aside and an irresistible popular movement is born

Michael McManus uses the theatre to explore the potential for an anti-immigrant party to break away not from the Tories, but from Labour.

Iain Dale: What I saw and heard at the Conservatives’ Black and White Ball, sorry, Party

Plus: Sarah Palin to Canada, the Brexit Bill to the Lords, and Clive Lewis to the backbenches. And: when sorry isn’t the hardest word.

Iain Dale: How the election leaders’ debates should happen

Plus: Anti-smoking nannies. A part in Salmond’s downfall. Labour’s anti-UKIP plan (lack of). Thatcher tribute. And: Shapps doesn’t chose chaps.