“There are kids who can read and write today because of Nick Gibb”

Politicians get a kicking, sometimes deservedly, but if you want an example of committed public service, look no further, on this reshuffle day, than at this one.

Paul Mercer: The Conservatives are the Party of large men bedecked with scary tattoos

In Loughborough, we could see how Labour had lost its “core vote”. They may be unwilling to return to the fold.

James says to Johnson: “I trust in your One Nation outlook”. Why her farewell letter to him is well worth reading.

By creating a kind of firewall between her take on Brexit and her view of everything else, she has kept her head at a time when too many others are losing theirs.

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.

Iain Dale: If Johnson loses, we’ll have a fourth Conservative leader in five years. Goodness knows who that would be.

Plus: Groundhog Day for the NHS. Farage is the dog that hasn’t barked. I will miss Morgan. And: Off to Liverpool.

The MPs we deserve

The speeding up of turnover rates has almost nothing to do with shifts to the right or left, and much more to do with wider cultural change in Parliament.

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.

Jan Zeber: How to unleash the power of the Union 3) Culture unites us, and teaches us about one another

The final part of our mini-series with Policy Exchange on rebalancing the Union in the wake of Boris Johnson’s deal.

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?

Javid, Johnson, and Rees-Mogg hold their podium slots in our Cabinet League Table

The data for this was collected before the Government’s string of Commons defeats – next month’s may look rather different.

David Gauke: Why I believe that Parliament must stop a No Deal Brexit this week

It was never possible to maintain exactly the same benefits of EU membership whilst walking away from the institutions and the rules.

Julian Brazier: How Johnson should try to get the backstop dropped

In the event of No Deal, we should put on hold WTO tariffs for Irish trade on those items most likely to offer opportunities to organised crime.

Greg Hands: One might think that no-one in Brussels has read our Alternative Arrangements report

Many of our proposals can be introduced quickly. Some might take 12 – 15 months. We don’t believe anything will take longer than two to three years.

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.

Javid pips Johnson and Rees-Mogg to the top of the podium in our first Cabinet League Table of the new Government

Meanwhile Ruth Davidson, so often one of the highest-scoring politicians, is at the bottom of the chart after her row with Johnson and strong line against No Deal.