Ten questions for Johnson’s reshuffle

Among them are: what does he do about economic policy? Who runs Downing Street? And: what about the Home and Foreign Offices?

WATCH: Fox – ‘We did not go to Afghanistan out of a sense of philanthropy’

The ex-Defence Secretary attacks the US for pulling out during the fighting season in order to fit American domestic priorities.

WATCH: Fox – ‘They need to take responsibility – it can’t just be about what the government does’

He says that that while he will continue to wear a mask in certain situations, he agrees responsibility needs to be handed back to people.

WATCH: Fox – If the Government’s rule is data not dates, it should be ready to end lockdown before July 19

“If we can relax earlier, if we can get some of those industries moving – the wedding industry, the travel industry, then we should go as soon as possible.”

How many Covid deaths do Ministers believe are acceptable?

The decision on lifting the remainder of lockdown will be based on many factors. But that’s the question at the heart of it.

Brady v Goodwill. The 1922 Chairman election isn’t just about the contenders. At its heart will be Tory MPs’ view of Johnson.

Should he be handcuffed under public restraint, like a suspect watched by Priti Patel? Or freed to run wild through Alpine meadows, like Julie Andrews?

Luke Coffey: My friend Tobias Ellwood is right to want Britain to purchase this piece of Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Circle

Some are having fun with Alan Duncan’s diary revelation that Tobias wants Svetland to become a UK spaceport. They shouldn’t.

Free speech and the culture wars. It’s Fox to the rescue.

He gave a brave speech to the Adam Smith Institute on some of the most contentious issues of our time.

Henry Hill: As the election looms, the tide seems finally to be turning against the Scottish Nationalists

A string of polls have found both the SNP falling short of an overall majority and the Union outpolling independence.

100,000 dead

It’s a terrible milestone and Ministers throughout the UK will be blamed. How could our governments and administrations do better next time?

WATCH: ‘We will need more scrutiny of the vaccination programme’, says Fox, if MPs are to be confident in it

He urges Ministers to “be mindful of the balance between the authority of Government and the responsibility of citizens.”

Daniel Hannan: How the EU must wish it had accepted May’s Chequers offer

The truth is that Eurocrats see Britain as a rule-taking dependent, like Macedonia or Ukraine, rather than as a wholly independent nation.

Brave New World

We fear the worst after Cummings’ departure, but Johnson must now make the best of it. That means a Cabinet shuffle.

Johnson is pressed in the Commons by Tory MPs about an end to shutdown by Christmas

Fox floated a new Parliamentary committee to “determine that decisions across all parts of Government have been taken on the best available evidence”.

Iain Dale: If Milling isn’t up to being Party Chairman, why was she appointed in the first place?

Plus: virtual conferences are the way of the future. America’s vice-presidential debate worked. And: Fox deserved better from his WTO campaign.