Alex Deane: Go for it, Theresa! Pack the Lords with a hundred new Leave-backing peers – for a year

Let’s send a time-limited cadre of shock troops in ermine to ride to Martin Callanan’s rescue in the Upper House – and crush the Remainers.

Iain Dale: The language used by both sides in the Brexit debate is hardening and coarsening

Plus: Soubry may quit the Tories, which I would regret. And: Why Labour’s silence on 100 years of votes for working class men?

Hard lessons for May from leadership contests of the past

Bonar Law’s words in 1922 apply to the present leader: “The party elects a leader, and that leader chooses the policy, and if the party does not like it, they have to get another leader.”

The wit and wisdom of Nick Timothy. 9) Europe. Tory splits don’t just lose us elections; they mess up the country.

Lloyd George introduced a non-contributory system – unlike the contributions-based proposal from Chamberlain – and its legacy endures today.

Lewis Baston: Half a Government and no real Opposition – the general election of 1922

It was not entirely clear at the time that it had created a new political structure that would last for generations – with the Conservatives as the leading party of the state.

Andrew Lilico: Unless Remain wins big, the future of its Conservative supporters in government looks doomed

David Cameron’s successor will be pro-Leave – which will have profound implications for the future of the Party

Grant Shapps: Homes fit for today’s heroes

Later today, we launch the Homes for Heroes Foundation. It aims to ensure that Britain has the finest housing package for returning armed forces of any country in the world.

Lewis Baston: How a centrist Tory leader won a landslide victory over left-wing Labour – 80 years ago tomorrow

Nearly every observer expected the same result – a Conservative win with a reduced majority. This as found to be in error when the votes were counted.

Lewis Baston: The election that never happened – after the events of this month, a hundred years ago

What would the result have been of a 1914/15 poll – in a Britain that sometimes seemed to be on the verge of civil war?

Stephen Tall: Cameron is doing his best to hold his party together, but it may not suffice

Would the Conservatives survive an EU In/Out Referendum in one piece?

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Miliband strains credulity by claiming the whole country cares about O’Donnell

Labour could not break down Cameron’s defence, and ignored past crooks in Downing Street.

Allan Mallinson: What on earth has happened to “the Party of Defence”?

Photo-opportunities with Angelina Jolie are no substitute for military preparedness.