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.

Syria. MPs to argue about the stable door after the horse has bolted – or, rather, is back inside.

The Prime Minister faces a difficult afternoon – but will be aided by the unwillingess of Tory backbenchers to line up with Jeremy Corbyn.

May’s gambit. To blame Assad not for one attack, but for “a persistent pattern of behaviour”.

She cited the attack in Salisbury: “We cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalised….in Syria, on the streets of the UK…

Syria. May’s calculation and the dangers of a May miscalculation – to others and to her

She will be feeling a hand of history on her shoulder, and wondering if the other holds a knife at her back.

Ryan Henson: How to improve opportunities for white working-class boys – and get more on the Tory benches too

Research shows that investment in the early years of a child’s life is the most effective way to improve his or her long-term life chances.

Mark Harper: We still have work to do to get more Conservative women elected to Parliament

Addressing this persistent under-representation is not political correctness, it is political common sense. Our Party would be the better for it. 

Road to Parliament 3) Gillian Keegan: An apprenticeship gave me my start in business, so I designed one for entering politics

The third article in our new mini-series, in which female Conservative MPs share the stories of their journeys into politics, comes from the MP for Chichester.

Nicky Morgan: As Turkey shows us, a customs deal with a non-EU member is possible

The briefing about turning a Trade Bill vote into one of confidence unnecessarily raises the temperature between Ministers and Conservative MPs.

Edward Nyman: A five-point plan for engaging young British voters

We must find our identity in modern Britain; break away from obstructive stereotypes; source authentic leaders who connect with voters; become the party of opportunity; and never style ourselves as an alternative to “chaos”.

Exclusive: Proposed changes on associations and candidate selection are being “revised” in the face of strong opposition

Since ConservativeHome revealed the planned changes in November, concern has been growing among MPs and Party members.

Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.

The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.

Fleur Butler: Why Conservatives need to reclaim their feminist heroines

By refusing to engage with feminist dialogue, we have lost our heroines to the Left, who consequently deride their work and dismiss them.

What is a Conservative? Answers to Soubry on a postcard, please.

P.S: Only one Tory Prime Minister in recent years was “taken down” by Tory MPs. Clue: it was neither Major nor Cameron.

Why May should make it clear that she will not lead the Conservatives into the next election

Which is what she hinted at after the last one – and which would ease the pressures on her and help get the government back on its feet.

List of PPS’s

It doesn’t seem to be complete yet, but here are as many of the appointments as have been released to date.