What Johnson said about an independent enquiry into Conservative anti-Muslim hatred

He didn’t dissent from Javid’s call for one. But we can’t find any evidence that he gave a specific commitment.

Cabinet League Table: Johnson takes the gold – with Javid in second place

Not a good month for the Foreign Secretary, who slips from third place to eighth. But this is probably just due to the rising popularity of others.

Daniel Hannan: Where would we now find another Norman Stone?

Had he been on the Left, he would have been regarded as one of our towering public intellectuals. But he committed the ultimate sin: he was a Thatcherite.

Fifteen ways to help Strengthen the Union

The Johnson Government should balance the Northern Ireland element of its Brexit deal by strengthening the Union – which it should be doing anyway.

The Englishman’s Betrayal

In the wake of Johnson’s deal, the Government must balance its plan for Northern Ireland with strengthening “our precious Union” – all four parts of it.

WATCH: Gove insists that “we are going to leave the EU by 31 October”

“The extension letter was sent because Parliament required it to be sent, but Parliament can’t change the PM’s mind or the Government’s policy.”

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Instead of the Falklands War, Letwin sells MPs an insurance policy

May gave Johnson her full backing, and so, after the vote, did Letwin.

Sam Hall: Conservatives shouldn’t ridicule or rage against Extinction Rebellion. Instead, we should trump them with our own ideas.

We must propose our own ambitious, market-based policies for decarbonisation and nature restoration.

Henry Hill: Davidson ready to lead next ‘No’ campaign as would-be successors battle over her legacy

Also: Democratic Unionists ‘under pressure’ over Brexit u-turn; and Gove backs Bowie’s criticism of SNP over no-deal preparations.

Javid keeps the gold but Johnson and Rees-Mogg fail to medal in our Cabinet League Table

Brexiteers retain their stranglehold on the top of the chart, but there is a general downward drift. Is it a foretaste of what might happen if we fail to leave the EU next month?

Andrew Gimson’s Conference sketch: The Foreign Secretary trumped by Rees-Mogg the Tory Democrat

Raab trod gingerly in Heseltine’s footsteps, while the Leader of the House presented the Shakespearean drama of politics.

Cameron’s Blairite apologia shows that he did not understand Eurosceptic passion

The former Prime Minister also failed to grasp that Merkel was not going to do anything very much for him.

Progressive Conservative reformers 1) Gove, “the most important Education Secretary since Butler”

Even Corbyn’s Labour is wary of assaulting his free school and academy legacy directly.

Rachel Wolf: In defence of Cameron

My local secondary schools were no-go areas and no one from my primary school went to one. That won’t be my children’s experience, and he can take a lot of credit.

Daniel Hannan: Cameron maligns Brexiteers because he misunderstands them

The idea that self-government might matter to Johnson or Gove more than, say, party loyalty leaves him genuinely nonplussed.