Johnson. Distrusted by Conservative MPs. Clung to by Party members. He extends his lead in our Next Tory Leader survey.

It may be that the former Foreign Secretary has become a kind of comfort blanket in bewilderingly unpredictable times.

CCHQ is printing thousands of postcards to promote the Brexit deal

The use of Party funds for this exercise is proving divisive. It encourages the public to challenge the stance taken by many Conservative MPs.

ConHome’s survey. Next Tory leader. Johnson leads Javid by less than a point – after Davis tears a chunk off his support.

Progress in this chart is invariably linked to media coverage – of which the former Brexit Secretary has had lots recently and the former Foreign Secretary less.

Lord Ashcroft: The Tory MPs who say “they have sent in letters they haven’t”. Or “withdrawn letters they never sent”.

Brady reports no confidence moves against May that might not be no confidence moves at all.

Our Next Tory Leader survey. Javid is up and Johnson down slightly – but the latter retains a double-figure lead.

No other entrant has more than ten per cent of the vote, though Hunt is almost there.

Chloe Westley: Now we must seize the opportunities that Brexit offers

If I were May, I’d be listening to activists at fringe events instead of beating to Whitehall’s hesitant drum.

Iain Dale’s Top 100 Most Influential People on the Conservative Right

In all, there are 30 new entries in the whole list, one down on last year and two down on the 2016 record of 33.

Our survey. Next Tory Leader. Johnson stretches his lead at the top of the table.

Javid retains second place and drifts down slightly. For the moment, these two are only game in town – at least, as far as our panel is concerned.

Our Survey. Next Tory Leader. Johnson more than triples his score to come top – for the first time since 2016

It’s the Chequers factor – as Gove falls from second to fifth. Javid remains competitive on 19 per cent, coming second this month.

Our Survey. Next Tory Leader. Javid tops the poll for the first time.

Gove is second, “Other” third. It is an astonishing turnaround for a man who three months ago was languishing on a mere two per cent.

“Where’s Penny?” The International Development Secretary is biding her time, and choosing her words carefully

Mordaunt – like Patel before her – is effective, ambitious, and keenly aware that many Conservative voters are not natural fans of aid spending.

James Frayne: Campaigns. Out-spending the opposition only works when the fundamentals are in place

I’d relax the limits significantly if not totally, but insist on near real-time transparency from campaigns over their permitted donors.

The Electoral Commission didn’t stop what was happening in Tower Hamlets – is it really capable of thwarting Putin?

The internal and external threats to the integrity of our elections have intensified, but the regulator responsible does not appear to have upped its game in response.

Our Survey. Next Tory leader. Rees-Mogg leads Gove by less than ten votes in over a thousand. Javid is third.

If, that is, you don’t count “Other”, which comes ahead of the Home Secretary but behind the two front-runners.

Our Next Tory Leader survey. Rees-Mogg leads Gove by two votes in over a thousand

The survey went out as Javid replaced Rudd, and he has bounced up to become the only other person polled who gets into double figures.