Neil O’Brien: Fifty shades of conservatism

It’s a bit like the roof of Parliament’s Westminster Hall: which is held up by a lot of huge, ancient beams all resting on each other.

Ryan Shorthouse: Brexit is seeing struggle enough. Communitarians and libertarians don’t have to be in conflict.

Interdependence and independence need each other, and the Conservative Party should stand for both.

WATCH: Cameron – “Is the cause of a modern, compassionate Conservative Party lost? Absolutely not.”

He explains why he believes Gyimah, his former PPS, and others are making a mistake in switching to the Liberal Democrats.

Asher Glynn: One-nation Conservatives should stay and fight for our Party

Walking away will neither avoid a Jeremy Corbyn government or make Boris Johnson govern as a liberal Tory.

Sunder Katwala: What Onward’s new report really tells us about the prospects of a post-liberal conservatism

It offers interesting insights into the shape of public opinion in 2019. But talk of a ‘sea change’ away from freedom is hard to stand up.

“This will most likely be the last time I will speak at length as Prime Minister…” – May on the state of politics

The Prime Minister deplores the “rancour and tribal bitterness” of modern debate, and criticises politicians “making promises you cannot keep”.

Conservatism is better than liberalism – and Putin much, much worse than either

What he detests is less liberalism than democracy, and the obstacle it poses to Russian foreign policy objectives.

Jesse Norman: Conservatism, the party leadership, and the future of our country. Why I am considering standing.

If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.

Richard Kelly: Brexit has exposed the age-old clash between liberalism and democracy

‘Liberal democracy’ is not an inevitable combination. Nor, it seems, is it necessarily a sustainable one.

Alex Morton: The left want to make it illegitimate to be right-wing, and the state is helping them to do it

Quangos, councils, media outlets, even the police are apparently content to apply unequal restrictions to those of us whose views they dislike.

James Frayne: Five new political parties that could be formed

Specifically for anti-Brexit politicians, the path to creating such a party lies firmly on what we think of as the Left;

Interview: Lord Bird says homelessness is not just for Christmas, and the death penalty might deter knife crime

The founder of The Big Issue expresses his aversion to liberalism, and his disappointment with the middle class.

A cry of rage against the BBC

Robin Aitken, who worked for the Corporation for 25 years, accuses it of propagating liberalism and suppressing conservatism behind a pretend impartiality.

George Freeman: Come to our Big Tent Ideas Festival next weekend. And help build conservatism and capitalism for a new generation.

Penny Mordaunt, Liz Truss, Dan Hannan, Liam Halligan, Steve Baker, Tom Tugendhat & others will speak. And there’s a special discount for ConHome readers.

James Frayne: The local elections – and why London modernisation won’t work for provincial Britain

They want to know that their political leaders aren’t racist or judgemental or stuck in a 1950s parody – but they aren’t interested in hearing about these ideas primarily.