Tony Devenish: To win in the capital, Conservatives need policies that show we are on Londoners’ side

My polling shows how a Tory candidate for Mayor of London could use a consumer-led approach to politics – as Margaret Thatcher did.

Miles Holder: What the Conservatives should do next to help support people with autism

Recommendations in a report from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Autism are well worth Ministers and others taking up.

Iain Dale: What happened at the President’s Club was no worse than many women’s events

Plus: Vicious Cybernats. Bolton’s brass neck. Widdecombe’s ratings. Johnson’s death wish. And: the courage of my friend Tessa Jowell.

What Zahawi does in the daytime

Well, at least more people than previously now know he is Minister for Children and Families. What should be in his in-tray?

Profile: Damian Hinds – liberal Catholic, social mobility wonk, and new Education Secretary

it is quite conceivable that the Left of the party, casting around for a leadership contest standard bearer, will decide that he fits the bill.

Our survey’s write-in Cabinet promotion choices. Rees-Mogg, Cleverly and Mercer top the list.

Then come Redwood and Tugendhat to make up the top five. Four of the top ten have been in the Commons for less than three years.

And now for 15 items of good news

May’s damaged authority is having a beneficial side-effect – namely, freeing Tory MPs to think aloud about the Party’s future.

Iain Dale: Abortion, same-sex marriage, and Rees-Mogg. He would be a brilliant Speaker. But I fear he has now blown it.

Plus: Cable, the Saudis, arms – and hypocrisy. MPs, the EU Withdrawal Bill, Henry VIII clauses – and hypocrisy. And: on a different note, why isn’t Zahawi a Minister?

Iain Dale: There must be a reckoning for the Electoral Commission after the election

Plus: UKIP abandons the field against Remain Tories. A bike-riding Minister isn’t canvassing. And: Michael Crick should apologise.

Welcome, Nicky Morgan

A new fortnightly column from the former Education Secretary starts tomorrow.

WATCH: Nadhim Zahawi – “For the first time in my life I feel discriminated against”

The Stratford MP and ConservativeHome columnist is now banned from visiting his sons at Princeton, despite being a British citizen.

WATCH: America’s migrant ban is “divisive”, “wrong” and “counter-productive”, Gauke says

He also points to various “practical problems” with President Trump’s order.

Trump bans ConservativeHome columnist from the United States

Nadhim Zahawi tells us that the President’s words and deeds will cause serious damage to the anti-ISIS struggle.

Davis the Grey is back as Davis the White – and crucial to the Prime Minister’s Brexit strategy

He stands out as a co-operative presence amidst the uncertainties of court cases, elections on the continent, and whatever negotiations may bring.

Nadhim Zahawi: Russia has to make a choice about its role in the world

Putin is doing all he can to back an evil regime in Syria.