Gove is right: wearing face masks should be voluntary

It is better for the Government to demonstrate the statistical evidence for them (if there is enough) rather than force compliance.

Khan, statues, the Left – and why the Government must take a stand

With their huge majority from last year, courage is expected of Ministers. For all our sakes, they must speak out.

David Goodhart: The virus. It’s almost certain that ethnic minorities are at greater risk. But we can’t yet know the full explanation.

There are three main factors at work – genetics, plus cultural and social factors. And it’s not possible at present to disentangle the mix.

Munira Mirza: Critiquing Islamist fundamentalist practice is not an ‘attack on Muslim women’

Johnson’s critics who accuse him of Islamophobia are either confused or disingenuous. Their tactics harm mainstream Muslims.

An open letter to Sajid Javid

Here are five priorities. Sort out the extremism mess. Get an immigration policy move-on. Beef up your Windrush review. Don’t mess with ID cards. Or identity politics. Oh, and P.S…

The moral of Richmond Park. Don’t call unnecessary by-elections.

The result changes nothing on Heathrow – or Brexit.

The BBC debate. Lots of leadership ambition heat. But little light to guide voters.

I would count it a no-score draw. But the setting, the personnel, much of the audience and the tone felt, to me, very London-flavoured.

Daniel Moylan: The Conservatives need a strong London-wide network

It is a terrible indictment that practically no-one can name the chairman of London Conservatives. Is there such a person?

Is the Extremism Bill extreme?

If it doesn’t contain a workable definition, the law of unintended consequences will follow.

Iain Dale: Vote Leave should stop fretting about Farage – who’s likely to be a better debater than Boris or Gove.

Plus: Hooligans shame the name of West Ham. Team Corbyn spins the local elections. And: Is Ruth Davidson actually Alec Douglas-Home in disguise?

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron struck a much happier note than last week

The Prime Minister managed, without sounding feeble, to admit that he is fallible.

We shouldn’t get carried away with the London mayoral result

It was a defeat, and it hurt. But it wasn’t as bad as the London-obsessed media and the increasingly desperate Opposition make out.

Zac was crushed and lost his authenticity. Because he followed the Crosby playbook – which failed him, the Conservatives and London

This negative Toryism can eke out victories against average opponents, but it is no guide to winning well – or at all at a time when capitalism is being questioned.

Stephen Hammond: Boris’s Legacy 4) Transport. On buses, tubes and those famous bikes, he kept the capital moving.

His good work would be imperilled by Sadiq Khan’s mis-costed plans.

If Zac wins, if Khan wins

What the claims and post-mortems will look like – and, either way, there will be at least one Commons by-election.