The farcical horse-trading of the EU’s top job is a stark reminder of why we must leave

Who are you voting for to run the EU Commission? Have you watched the debates and scrutinised their manifestos? Oh, wait.

Jesse Norman: Conservatism, the party leadership, and the future of our country. Why I am considering standing.

If you believe in this idea of conservatism; if you want new faces at the table; if you share these ambitions, then please say so.

Anna Nadibaidze: Where do the other members of the EU stand on the question of an Article 50 delay?

It would need unanimous agreement. Looking at each of the 27’s varying comments, there are six distinct camps of opinion.

Ashley Fox: MPs must not bind May’s hands on Brexit next week

There are clear signs that Brussels is laying the ground for a compromise – we must not remove their incentive to produce one.

Stella Creasy & Debbie Abrahams: A referendum got us here. Now let a Citizens’ Assembly – and more direct democracy – take us forward.

We want to learn from what other Parliaments have done when faced with difficult choices. Such an assembly would report back within ten weeks.

If May wants a revised plan to pass the Commons, she must take the lead herself

The Speaker is unlikely to select backbench amendments designed to help her, so her least bad option is a Government one.

Garvan Walshe: The Tory MEPs who voted with Orbán betray Thatcher’s legacy

The Hungarian Prime Minister has violated democratic norms, and exploited British taxpayers’ money to enrich his elite. Why protect him?

Henry Newman: What will the EU look like after we have left it?

Our exit in will coincide with a new cycle of European elections which will redraw political power in the European Parliament and other EU institutions.

Robert Halfon: A second referendum would be an insult to the people, a stunt worthy of a banana republic

Plus: Why it’s unfair to misrepresent Poland’s history; and the joy of a good book and a large cigar.

Ashley Fox: Meanwhile, the EU has been forced to bow to reality over immigration control

David Cameron’s intervention in 2015, at the height of the refugee crisis, shows how a humane but firm approach to migration can work.

Daniel Kawczynski: Britain should support Poland’s bid for war reparations from Germany

As we leave the EU there is never a better time for the UK to show the world that Global Britain promotes and protects the causes of those in need.

Immigration is tearing at the foundations of the EU’s old established order

Merkel is threatened. Macron is outraged. Brussels is paralysed. And all three trends are taken by their opponents as signs that they are winning.

Look wider than the tragic tale of Alfie Evans. And ask if the balance of power is right between families and the state.

Disputes have focused on questions arising from his plight – parental, ethical, legal. But it may be useful to widen the angle of the lens.

Garvan Walshe: Have no doubt about it – Prime Minister Corbyn would abandon Eastern Europe

Britain would be powerless to deter Russian aggression, because he doesn’t see upholding peace and security in Europe – let alone the world – to be part of his job.

Henry Newman: The unified reaction to the Skripal affair suggests talk of Britain’s ‘isolation’ was premature

To listen to some commentators a few weeks ago, you’d have thought it was only EU membership – not shared interests and values – that brings allies together.