YouGov once again echoes the ConHome panel on May and Tory leadership

Polling Conservative members is a tricky business, but these mutually reinforcing findings suggests our free, monthly survey is up to the task.

Chloe Westley: There must be no compromise on ending free movement

Implementing a fair and controlled skills-based immigration system would be a huge win for the Government – and deliver on a key pledge of the Brexit campaign.

James Frayne: A second referendum? The poll data suggests Greening’s idea would be a total disaster for the Conservatives

The British left are somewhat more open to the idea, but the Conservative Party’s members and voters would not wear the proposal

May’s Brexit plan raises UKIP from the dead

And, late in the day, the Prime Minister bows to our advice, and rushes on to Marr, today, to make the case for her new proposals.

Chloe Westley: You think the LibDems were punished over tuition fees? That’s nothing compared to the fate that now stalks the Tories over Brexit.

They risk a reputation of betraying the largest vote in British history.

Gove floats scrapping HS2 because he believes it to be a policy with a growing appeal

A by-product of people preparing for a leadership race is a search for new and popular policies.

Lord Ashcroft: My latest polling explores the tensions and controversies around the union and Northern Ireland’s border

Crucially, opinion is not just divided between Leave and Remain, but between the Province and the mainland.

James Frayne: England and Englishness, the powerful conundrum

New polling shows that national identity is a strong, emotive force – but also that it remains poorly-defined.

Britain and abortion. Women are more likely to support new restrictions.

It’s a counter-intuitive take – but it’s what the sum of opinion polling in recent years tends to suggest.

Henry Hill: New polls find no surge in support for Northern Ireland leaving the UK

Also: Davidson calls for ’emotion bonds’ of the Union to be strengthened; SNP face tough choices on independence ‘summer offensive’; and more.

Iain Dale: Gammon if you think you’re hard enough. The patronising Remainers who’ve lost but can’t move on.

Plus: Boles was right (first time round) on Gaza. The Dambusters raid anniversary. A Tory poll lead. Plus: a man and a woman will marry in Windsor on Saturday.

Henry Hill: May should not fall for the old ‘fragile Union’ con on Northern Ireland

Some remainers will not give up on the idea that the UK is about to fall apart, but the latest evidence of that from Ulster is threadbare at best.

Local elections: We said there wouldn’t be a Tory meltdown – and there wasn’t

The results were a triumph of localism which confounded the pundits. But achieving wider home ownership is still a particular challenge in London.

Mildly-less-bad polling in London is a threat to Tory expectation management

It’s understandable to seek out any hints of better news – but there is no benefit in getting overly optimistic too early.

Opinion polls catch-up. The Tories’ troubles come and go – but they keep hitting about 40 per cent, or more, in the polls

The country remains divided poll-wise into two unarmed camps. One cannot stick the Conservatives at any price. The other is unified by its fear of Corbyn.