Lord Ashcroft: Introducing my general election polling dashboard

Together with my weekly focus groups, it will help to explain the dynamics of the campaign and the factors that will determine the outcome.

An open letter to Brexit Party candidates in marginal seats

We ask you to follow the logic of your leader’s position – and stand down in order both to deliver Brexit and avoid a Corbyn Government.

Farage’s decision sends a signal to Leave voters in marginal seats: vote Conservative

His shift on candidates now acknowledges that a hung Parliament would be a bad thing. It follows that pro-Brexit voters in tight contests should back the Tories.

How to halt the vexatious legal pursuit of our brave servicemen and women

Lord Caine has projected a plan that would allow proceedings into suspected Troubles-related offences only if certificates are issued by senior legal figures.

David Gauke: A traditional southern Conservative supporter ponders how best to vote

Economic competence has been the cornerstone of the Conservative appeal. Remove that cornerstone and the entire structure becomes fragile.

What would you want from the polls if you were Johnson?

Our answer is: a steady lead and a late wobble – to help get the vote out. He begins the second week on course.

The poor bloody infantry: why people join political parties

A new study asks good questions without providing good answers.

ConHome’s election panel. “The Tories need to drop the optimism narrative down a great big hole somewhere south of Northampton.”

Each week, our panel of James Frayne, Marcus Roberts, Trevor Phillips, and Salma Shah will will analyse and assess what’s happening.

The Election Battlegrounds 3) North West

Our series continues with a look at another key region, which offers a decent clutch of targets to either Labour or the Conservatives on a good night.

Watson quits. Will Labour’s moderates follow his example – or endorse an extremist as Prime Minister?

Only yesterday, Andrew Gimson reported for this site that the party’s Deputy Leader was in deep trouble in his West Bromwich constituency.

Robert Halfon: I’ve been told that, if Corbyn wins, the Conservative Party and I will be sued for negligence

“Now I want a nice clean game from all of you” – so said Madam Hooch in Harry Potter. The reality is, it’s not going to happen.

WATCH: Corbyn – “I make no apologies at all for stopping the disaster of no deal”

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn tells a campaign rally in Essex that the Conservatives are trying to reintroduce Thatcherism under the Brexit banner.

“A massive bias of understanding of the types of English seats the Tories are likely to lose.” Kanagasooriam on the coming election.

We reproduce a Twitter thread from the man who helped to advise Ruth Davidson on how to win in Scotland.

Matt Kilcoyne: The Conservative manifesto. Wooing Labour heartlands with socialist policy is a doomed strategy.

The first piece of a series this week about what the Conservative Manifesto should look like.

WATCH: “We’re doing everything we can” on antisemitism, McDonnell claims

“I’m deeply saddened” to hear of the Jewish community’s concerns about the Labour Party, the Shadow Chancellor says.