Scruton may have been ousted, but Tory councillors can still champion the cause of beauty

Proper visual preference surveys would help ensure attractive, new buildings – which people actually like.

Richard Ritchie: Christianity and politics at Easter. Do the Gospels present a manifesto?

Christ’s resurrection certainly doesn’t help us out on Brexit – unless it be to remind us of the Christian virtues of temperance and respect.

Julian Brazier: Yes, the Conservatives must engage with young people – but challenge their worldview, not concede it

James Kanagasooriam’s recent analysis is powerful, but the suggested solutions are less sure. Simply offering what younger voters want won’t work.

Screwing Scruton

His sacking is more evidence, were it needed, of the tensions that tear at the Tory coalition – and threaten to render it unsustainable.

John Myers: Allow local people to take back control of building design

Should there be a right to extend your house upwards by a floor or two? The residents in each street should be allowed to decide.

Having seen off his critics, Scruton sets out the case for beauty

Buildings with different functions need to be intertwined. In beautiful cities, people tend to live and work side by side.

The beauty of Scruton

The campaign against him is driven by the knowledge that May agrees with his views on design – and fear that the Government will act on them.

William Shawcross: May and Brokenshire must not let Scruton be hounded from his post

His long career evinces both a real understanding of issues such as antisemitism and a philospher’s willingness to change his mind.

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.

Daniel Hannan: If Momentum wants more war memorials, why won’t its members crowd-fund them?

Imagine if they raised money to help honour the soldiers who answered Britain’s call during two world wars – thus showing more than anger and resentment.

Will Heaven and Jack Airey: Popular architecture is the answer to NIMBYism

By giving local communities more control, and broadening the scope of government priorities to include quality and design, we can get Britain building.

Clegg’s career choice reflects how the House of Lords has become diminished

Parliament is struggling to retain senior figures. New peers should be chosen on their ability to raise the calibre of debate.

James Brokenshire: Our new planning framework for quality as well as quantity

As Sir Roger Scruton notes: “Architecture is a public art: whether we like it or not, we are forced to witness it.”

Shaun Spiers: The answer to the housing shortage is more planning, not less

And, as Boles says, we will never build the number of homes we need unless the state is building 100,000 a year.

Dan Pitt: Green politics can be deeply Tory – in its sense of conservation, piety, and obligation to those living and dead

Part of settling down and marking time, as Roger Scruton would say, is protecting our environment. Doing so is an unchosen obligation upon us.