Noises off: The Duncan Diaries are more amusing, and more valuable, than one might have expected.

His remarks about Johnson demonstrate the latter’s remarkable capacity to win round, even impress, critics who have lost all patience with him.

Is Sunak being dragged in the direction of a Universal Basic Income?

Some form of the scheme may be necessary as an expedient. But beware: nothing lasts so long as the temporary.

David Snoxell: The Government should seize opportunity to negotiate a Chagos settlement

A new Prime Minister, and a changing of the guard at the Foreign Office, is a chance to change tack on the British Indian Ocean Territory.

Hammond, Lidington, Gauke, Stewart – now all gone. The full roll call of MPs who have resigned from May’s ministry.

It’s 21 Ministers and counting this year alone, and over 50 in all over the course of this Government.

Congratulations – and welcome to hell

The new Prime Minister will inherit the worst political legacy in living memory – with the very barest of working majorities.

Andrew Gimson’s leadership sketch: Black arts, FSBs and as they come to the last it’s still neck and neck

Jokes continue to be told, but it would be wrong to suggest the contest has been fought in a spirit of unwearying amity.

Which MP is backing which candidate. Our named estimates. Johnson 131, Hunt 48, Gove 36, Javid 22

Here’s our best stab at who is voting for whom, and this list will be updated each morning, as the contest continues.

Profile: Philip May, the Prime Minister’s closest and best sounding board

He would be averse to leaving without a deal, but even more alarmed by the idea of taking any course of action which risked breaking the Tory Party into fragments.

Iain Dale: Why is May making her case to 35 million people won’t vote on her deal? And not to the 650 or so who will?

Plus: Keep the Brexit TV debate simple. Giving Allin-Khan and Duncan a piece of my mind. And: Carney – we’ve heard it all before.

The Conservative MPs most likely next to make the Cabinet are those you may not have heard of

The Mercers, Tugendhats and Cleverlys get a lot of media coverage. However, most promotions come from the ranks of the toiling Ministers of State.

Henry Hill: Brokenshire needs a plan for if the Ulster devolution talks fail

His toothless policy towards the Democratic Unionists and Sinn Fein has created an unsustainable democratic vacuum in Northern Ireland.

Nick de Bois: Turkey is an essential post-Brexit partner to Britain

The Foreign Affairs Committee’s recent report is a good start, but much more work needs to be done.

Interview: David Burrowes, occasional rebel, constant Christian – and a backbench force to be reckoned with

The MP for Enfield Southgate helped to sink tax credit and Sunday Trading changes – and now has eye on the Government’s housing benefit plans for young people.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Sir Alan Duncan mocks “Silvio Borisconi”

The Prime Minister was in gracefully valedictory mode, while the Leader of the Opposition behaved like a not very articulate limpet.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Cameron takes against small-c conservatives

One fears it will be bad for the Prime Minister’s character to face so little serious opposition.