Watson quits. Will Labour’s moderates follow his example – or endorse an extremist as Prime Minister?

Only yesterday, Andrew Gimson reported for this site that the party’s Deputy Leader was in deep trouble in his West Bromwich constituency.

Why the second referendum campaign is failing

It is as if it had become a vehicle to help Blair redeem his reputation and popularity, lost after the Iraq War.

John Myers: Blair is still refusing to apologise for holding down the housing supply

The former Prime Minister pretends the threefold rise in house prices during his term in office was inevitable. Not so.

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Magnanimous Johnson, lover of Europe, establishes himself on the moral high ground

He presented a clear choice between his deal and the people’s wrath.

Martin Parsons: What is the point of the Commission for Countering Extremism?

Its report focuses on hate speech – which is being weaponised by various groups, including Islamists, intent on censoring public disagreement with their own beliefs.

Cameron’s Blairite apologia shows that he did not understand Eurosceptic passion

The former Prime Minister also failed to grasp that Merkel was not going to do anything very much for him.

The Supreme Court’s ruling. Why not now go all the way – and let Bercow deliver the Queen’s Speech?

Its verdict fundamentally misunderstands Parliamentary Sovereignty – thus raising big questions about the future of the judiciary and the stability of our constitution.

LibDem limits

Brexit has changed much for them, but less than one might think – at least when it comes to their strategic position at Westminster.

The Duke abandons the Tories and Grieve goes for Cummings

And Bercow, bad-mannered to the end, announces that he at least will leave on 31st October

Ryan Bourne: In America, public spending conservatism is being lost. It could happen in Britain.

Former Government advisers see an opportunity to steer the party towards a “bigger government” vision for the party they’ve always spoiled for.

How not to destroy Trump and Johnson

In both cases their opponents resort to character assassination and are left with no one against whom they can argue.

Martin Parsons: The new Prime Minister should implement Hunt’s review on persecuted Christians

The real risk of all this is that it gets praised – but is then quietly filed away. What needs to happen is a change of Foreign Office culture.

What Johnson will be like as Prime Minister

He is a man of Negative Capability, who cannot be understood by those with a fact-checking mentality, and he admires Trump.

Jason Aldiss: Conservatives can only win from the centre ground. Which means Hunt as leader – not a lurch to the right under Johnson.

If Brexit really must happen, then better to be frank about the impossibility of renegotiating the deal, or exiting without one.

George Freeman: Our new book. In which forty Tory MPs band together to help revive conservatism.

Britain Beyond Brexit, a New Conservative Vision for a New Generation, is published today by the CPS.