Opposing Chequers is not enough

During the weeks and months ahead, Conservative MPs will need to use their heads as well as their hearts to reach the Brexit winning line.

WATCH: Davis – “Whether I controlled events” is a different question from whether I was Brexit Secretary

He adds that Olly Robbins is a “patriotic man”, who “wants to get the best for Britain”.

Henry Newman: May’s strategy is in crisis – continuing to exclude the Brexit Secretary from the process will only make that worse

Davis was not alone in being kept in the dark – ministers in various departments have been wrongly left out of Brexit planning done by their own civil servants.

Davis resigns. My part in his downfall.

The question this morning is whether Johnson, who fundamentally disagrees with May’s new Brexit policy no less, will also go – along with other Cabinet dissenters.

Henry Newman: Yes, we have proposed a voluntary managed alignment in goods. But direct ECJ jurisdiction must end.

Either a new dispute resolution mechanism will be required, or the UK could dock into part of the EFTA court to resolve disputes over goods.

Iain Dale: My hunch is that employers will pay for this NHS spending spree

Plus: Shame on the Conservative whips. And away with Julian Assange: most of us would happily pay his airfare.

Brexit. What May should do next. Replace Robbins with Davis – and prepare for No Deal.

Since she might not get an acceptable agreement, or indeed any at all, the Government must strain to get Ready for Day One, not Ready for Day 730.

Iain Dale: It was Phillip Lee, but could have been me

Plus: Damian Collins and his useless Select Committee shot themselves in the foot this week. Let grandstanding committee chairmen be warned.

The real meaning of the meaningful vote

By cramping the room for no deal, it seeks to send the Prime Minister naked into the negotiation chamber.

The Brexit negotiation and the Government’s position. There is a glimmer of light.

Davis may not have got all he wanted on the backstop. But for the second time in a few months, he has nudged May forwards. It is high time she made the most of him.

The water’s temperature is still rising – but at least the frog has a nice shiny new waistcoat button

It is impossible to see today’s agreement as anything more than a fudge from which no-one emerges stronger.

Rob Wilson: The challenge for May and the Government as the local elections loom

The Prime Minister faces a ‘Kobayashi Maru’ test. For those who don’t know their Star Trek, that’s where there is a no win scenario for trainee captains of a starship.

Rudd fastens the hatches as Davis stalks the deck

The Home Secretary’s future is entangled with the calculations of May and the complications of Brexit.

The risks to May if she backs off leaving the Customs Union

“I’m not saying that there would be an organised push, but the letters would just go in to Graham Brady,” one senior pro-Leave backbencher told this site yesterday.

Henry Newman: Amidst the row about neutrality, a big question looms. Is the civil service up to delivering Brexit effectively?

Whitehall has at times imperilled its reputation for neutrality, but there remains a positive ‘can-do’ attitude about Brexit. The Government should harness it.