Anthony Browne: What is the point of the Liberal Democrats, other than to offer a refuge to protest voters?

We need our own local champions campaigning on local issues. As their campaign strategy says: you win where you work.

Sunak distances himself from Johnson over the Paterson case

The Chancellor is reminding Tory MPs that, were anything to happen to the Prime Minister, a different kind of leadership would be available.

Daniel Hannan: Proposals to restrict MPs’ outside work run up against the same problem. What are good and bad jobs?

You might think that it’s fine to work as a nurse or an army reservist, but not as a consultant. Who gets to decide, though?

The Paterson fallout. If your plan depends on Labour’s co-operation, might it not be a good idea to be sure that you have it?

Why did so many senior Conservatives invest so much political capital in a scheme dependent on Starmer’s goodwill?

“My children have asked me to leave politics altogether.” Paterson quits as an MP. His full statement.

“Worst of all was seeing people, including MPs, publicly mock and deride Rose’s death and belittle our pain.”

Johnson’s plan for dealing with the Paterson case has failed. His choice now is: back down – or risk real damage.

By not offering voters a retail package of reform, he has left himself with little political cover and limited escape options.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: “Sometimes to do the right thing one has to accept a degree of opprobrium”

Many MPs feel deeply unhappy about how the Paterson case has been handled by the Commissioner.

Anthony Mangnall: It’s time to overhaul Parliament’s out-of-date standards procedures

Owen Paterson and other MPs deserve the same right to defend themselves against potentially career-ending allegations as anyone else.

Paterson. A contestable verdict, an unfair sentence – and skewed punishment. MPs should heed his appeal.

The Commons needs to go back to the drawing board and review flawed investigatory and recall arrangements.

‘The cost… has been catastrophic.’ Paterson’s statement on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards’ inquiry.

“I am quite clear that I acted properly, honestly and within the Rules”, he says.

‘Paterson’s actions were an egregious case of paid advocacy’. The Committee on Standards publishes its report.

Here’s a summary of what Kathryn Stone OBE, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, found in her investigation.

The suicide of Rose Paterson, and what her husband, Owen Paterson, is doing to prevent more self-killings

“How on earth didn’t I notice?” he said – and that question is near the heart of the charity that he and his family have set up, the Rose Paterson Trust.

Why Cummings’ departure creates new problems for Johnson’s Brexit strategy

The former Chief Adviser has had little to do with the negotiation recently, but his leaving has knock-on effects on it. Here’s why.

Javid is Chancellor. Tugendhat, Foreign Secretary. May, Home Secretary. Introducing the Alternative Cabinet.

The real one is widely and correctly dismissed as weak.  So we’ve had a go at assembling a stronger team.  Here is the result.

Iain Dale: How many Cabinet members would make your fantasy Cabinet? I count five. And it gets worse…

Plus: incompetence, resignations, non-resignations, reputations, my holiday, Any Questions and Finkelstein’s book.