The Critic, a new magazine which sets out to expose and ridicule bad ideas

Its future is not yet in the bag, but it has made a remarkably assured start. Much now depends on the genius of its editors.

Vox pub: In Remain-leaning London, Johnson’s cause endures, and Umunna has found no passport to Pimlico

One drinker stood up for Labour and called the Prime Minister a liar. But during several hours of talk, nobody sprang to Corbyn’s defence.

She’s off! (Well, probably.) Back my deal and I will go, May promises Conservative MPs

“I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party.”

WATCH: May – “Parliament cannot and should not overturn the will of the British people”

The Prime Minister say it’s important “we recognise the concerns that people have about the role of parliament”.

WATCH: Lee – “Ultimately, I had to put my country before [my] friendship” with the Prime Minister

When asked if resigning was worth it, he says, “I think I moved the government on its position”.

WATCH: May – “In 2023-24…there will be about £600m a week, in cash, more going into the NHS”

The Prime Minister discusses how her “ten-year plan for the NHS” will be funded.

WATCH: Ashworth – “We know what [May] is really talking about is increasing borrowing and increasing taxation”

The Shadow Health Secretary adds that Labour will “match” the Conservative’s NHS spending increase but is “prepared to go further”.

Anthony Ridge-Newman: Introducing the Tory Research Impact Network

TRIN’s committee aims to create a sense of common purpose among those interested in a part of the political spectrum that has attracted too little scholarly attention.

Rebecca Lowe: Women’s attitudes to the Conservatives – and vice-versa – are not what you may think

There are clearly questions about what’s happening in relation to voting, membership, and representation — and what the Party should or might want to do.

Rebecca Lowe: The May portrait protests. Roll up the map on these Oxford geographers.

Claiming that there’s only one acceptable way of thinking about anything sets us rolling down a slippery slope towards destruction.

Rahima Khan: Why I’m Running for Mayor of Newham

Conservatives have a proud record of social reform. I want to break down the barriers to people escaping poverty.

WATCH: Dorries calls again for Hammond to go

The Conservative MP says that the Chancellor “needs to have the Prime Minister’s back, and he doesn’t”.

Rebecca Lowe Coulson: MPs shouldn’t inject political bias into the university syllabus – but neither should academics

There is a legitimate question to be asked about whether UK universities have been fulfilling their duty to provide a model of reasoned discourse on Brexit.

John Deben: Weak leadership, catastrophic decisions. The appeasement of reactionaries over Brexit has betrayed Heath’s legacy

He wouldn’t have let Cash and Fox, Johnson and Rees-Mogg seize the agenda. He would have fought Farage’s populism as he fought that of Powell.

Loudspeaker politicised reactions to tragedies must not be allowed to drown out democracy

Justified calls for a national government’s overthrow are usually confined to those in which there is a serious threat of tyranny or the breakdown of civil order.