Lewis Baston: How Torrington launched the tradition of Liberal by-election shocks

Looking back, 55 years of Liberal and Liberal Democrat by-election success looks less important than UKIP’s two-year surge.

Sending up the Left is not enough. But it’s certainly a start – and Tom Harwood is doing it effectively

His satire on the NUS is highly enjoyable, but as he himself recognises, the Conservatives are a long way from finding messages to reach younger voters.

Corbyn is mounting a coup d’état against parliamentary democracy

His reforms will cripple his MPs and are a posthumous triumph for Tony Benn’s belief in extra-Parliamentary action.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May walks all over Corbyn on her way to the election

It was not an edifying spectacle, but it was convincing in its way.

Lewis Baston: By-elections – and what has happened in those in which the MP has resigned his seat

The story of who won (like David Davis). And who lost (like Zac Goldsmith).

John Bald: The Mossbourne alternative to grammar schools works

But too often the switch to comprehensives meant mixed ability, equality of outcomes and the head being beaten up.

Lewis Baston: The Party Conference season. So often gripping and thrilling – and never more so than this year.

They will be strange, edgy experiences: I can hardly wait.

Lewis Baston: The 1975 Europe referendum revisited – and why it wasn’t about a free trade area

In a Daily Telegraph piece on the eve of poll, Margaret Thatcher argued for Europe, putting co-operation ahead of trade.

Neil Carmichael: Why Britain must remain in the EU

This is a simple question of where and how our national interest is best pursued.

Iain Dale: How Hilary Benn’s speech moved me to tears

Plus: Cameron blew it. So did Hammond. And: My friendship with Tony Benn.

Iain Dale: What Cameron scribbled in a copy of Call Me Dave

Plus: I stand in for a billionaire. Ten years of Pink News. And: the Michael Meacher I knew.

Profile: Tom Watson, the man who might yet save the Labour Party

The West Bromwich MP, who condemned Blair for leading Labour into the desert of pragmatism, may deliver the party from Corbyn.

Iain Dale: The size of Mourinho’s penis

Plus: A return to Fleet Street. A venture to Edinburgh. West Ham win, David Laws loses. And: UKIP’s London members will have no say in the selection of its Mayoral Candidate.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Osborne on his debut conveyed the impression of complete control

The Chancellor made the Osborne system look stronger than it has ever been, and set out to co-opt the Labour Party into it.

John Bald: Grammar Schools. How we got where we are. And what to do next.

Of the grammar, academy and comprehensive ideals, only the first two are now left standing.