Around the black cloud of Salzburg one can glimpse a silver lining

The EU’s rejection of Chequers gives May a chance to unite her party around Canada Plus Plus Plus – the only strategic Brexit option now open to her.

WATCH: Fox says a “no deal” Brexit has become less likely

“We’ve had more reassuring noises from the European Commission and our European partners…the dial has moved,” declares the International Trade Secretary.

Flying frogs

Pro-Brexit MPs weighed a no-confidence vote in Theresa May yesterday evening. But the essential case against one remains unchanged.

The ERG dog that didn’t bark in the Johnson-preoccupied night

A rough guide to where some of the pro-Brexit players are on further proposals for Canada Plus Plus Plus – and No Deal.

Lewis and Davidson both suffer a Boris burka backlash in our Cabinet League Table

Meanwhile, Hammond’s approval rating plumbs new depths – as Fox and Raab gain ground after criticising the Treasury’s Brexit forecasts.

George Trefgarne: The EEA is a much more attractive option than Chequers, the ‘implementation period’, or No Deal

In the first of a new mini-series evaluating the EEA, the author of ‘Norway then Canada’ argues the route has been wrongly neglected.

WATCH: Fox rubbishes the idea that borrowing could be correctly predicted 15 years in advance

Marr quizzed him about Hammond’s predictions regarding Brexit costs.

Our Cabinet League Table. The Chequers effect blitzes everyone. They’re all down. And May dives to her lowest rating ever.

This is collective punishment for the new Brexit policy. P.S: when ratings fall in this way, place in the table scarcely matters.

James Arnell: No Deal 4) An outward-looking, global UK

We re-run the author’s series on what might be done for the UK to be Ready on Day One.

Rami Ranger and Jay Singh-Sohal: Britain needs a dedicated trade envoy to India

Economic, historic and familial links can be further bolstered by the appointment of the right individual to help to boost trade.

If Brexiteering Ministers don’t hang together, they will all hang separately.

Number 10’s plan was summarised in the statement released after Chequers. The Ministers’ was contained in DexEU’s draft of the White Paper.

The Government’s Chequers Agreement. From Canada Plus Plus Plus to Brexit Minus Minus Minus.

If no deal is better than a bad one, the sum of this policy is certainly a bad deal. Tory leavers now face a bleak choice.

Brexiteer frog at boiling point

What may count most today is not whether the water simmers over, but whether his temper and patience do instead – or first.

Javid overtakes Gove to top our Cabinet league table

Meanwhile, Williamson and Johnson’s approval ratings are in the doldrums.

May’s emerging negotiation plan. A port in a storm – not the end of the journey.

A Brexit in the hand is worth two in the bush. None the less, the Commons will have to vote her proposals down, if the EU banks them but offers no proper deal in return.