Iain Dale’s Top 100 Most Influential People on the Conservative Right

In all, there are 30 new entries in the whole list, one down on last year and two down on the 2016 record of 33.

No, the Conservatives have not “become UKIP”

They’re simply winning over the voters of a competitor party. That’s how democracy works.

Graeme Archer: Labour’s plight – and why it is the Blairites for whom I feel the least pity

Let the leftover Blairites retro-absorb the LibDems: there’s your centre-Left. Most of the rest of usare quite happy to be governed by the centre-Right Super Party.

The tightrope that Nicky Morgan must walk

She is under scrutiny not only from her predecessor’s enemies but also from his admirers – as Matthew D’Ancona’s column today helps to show.

Profile: Liam Fox – Will he make it back to Cabinet in the reshuffle?

Or is he going to be overtaken by a new generation of MPs?

Benn’s warning to the Tories

The Tory tradition is wide, not exclusive, and should encompass those who have felt forced to join UKIP

Instead of being spooked by UKIP, the Tories need to reassure Mondeo man

Voters want reassurance, not recklessness

Nelson Cameron???

Tony Abbott and Stephen Harper are more reliable models for the Prime Minister to follow than South Africa’s former President.