Downing Street’s reshuffle sees Symonds’ grip tighten

We hope that Finn, Newman and the rest of the new appointees provide a fresh sense of direction and purpose.

Blair’s Brexit redemption moment. Amen! Alleluia! (Just don’t mention the I – – q W – r.)

A first-time voter in 2022 will have been born in 2004, a year after the start of the conflict, and have no memory of weapons of mass destruction…

How May’s Conservatives could morph into SDP Two – realigning British politics from the top down

The sequence of events: bow to a second referendum, lose the ERG, gain Blairites, contest a general election – and rebrand the Party.

The double standards of those sneering about “pastiche”

Roger Scruton is advising the Government on ensuring new buildings are beautiful. But defeating the architectural establishment will not be easy.

This May speech was aimed at the EU27 – not her own party. And its message was: I want to have my cherries and eat them.

Hardish in principle, softer in detail, she is crafting a position intended to get those elusive trade talks going as soon as possible.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Chilcot instils a sombre and respectful tone

Corbyn refrained from mentioning Blair, but instead praised Cook for putting the case against the Iraq War.

Osborne’s trap for Boris

Liam Fox today comes out for Leave. In the meanwhile, the Mayor has his own decision to make, and what looks like a snare set before his feet…

Iain Dale: Why are we rolling out the red carpet for Sisi – this abuser of human rights?

Plus: The Enemy Within rings me during my LBC programme. Back Hunt – defy the BMA. And: I want to buy Margaret Thatcher’s clothes.

Mark Field MP: How to reform our international aid department

I believe the time has come for a broadening in the uses of the aid budget and a critical rethink of the way in which the department operates.

Anthony Calvert: My opponent, Mary Creagh. A symbol of the damage that political correctness has wreaked on Labour

Twenty years at Harriet Harman’s high altar of all women shortlists and selection quotas are duly delivering their reward – for the Conservatives.

Ali Miraj: The Importance of Being Contrarian

Clive Stafford Smith, the human rights lawyer and winner of last year’s Contrarian Prize, is a model of principle and vision. We invite nominations for his successor.

Benedict Rogers: The new Foreign Secretary must show us that he’s more than a bean counter

The question for you in this Open Letter is whether you will continue, develop and deepen that Conservative pledge to put human rights at the heart of foreign policy.