The poor bloody infantry: why people join political parties

A new study asks good questions without providing good answers.

Our survey. Just over half of Party members agree with Trump – and want a Conservative/Brexit Party pact

It is perhaps not surprising that a majority of activists believe, however narrowly, that it makes sense to work with another party that wants to leave the EU.

The MPs we deserve

The speeding up of turnover rates has almost nothing to do with shifts to the right or left, and much more to do with wider cultural change in Parliament.

Iain Dale: Swinson’s revoke policy disincentivises more Conservative defections

Plus: Why won’t Corbyn come on LBC and give an interview? He hasn’t done once since becoming Labour leader.

Ten questions about entryism in the Conservative Party

Claims about an organised, hostile takeover of the Party have reared their heads again. Is there any truth to them?

In praise of Conservative Party members

“Spot on” policy questions to Johnson and Hunt in Birmingham yesterday showed Tory activists as they really are.

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.

James Frayne: The five essential tests to weigh up Conservative leadership candidates

Plus a sixth, less formal, question: are they ridiculous?

Jonathan Clark: It may not happen – but we should prepare for a constitutional crisis this autumn

A Prime Minister might, in the autumn, ask the Queen to prorogue Parliament until the day after exit is legally due on 31 October.

John Redwood: Why populists reject the establishment – and no longer believe what it tells them

Here in Britain, the two main parties are being punished by voters for tearing up their Brexit commitments.

Henry Hill: Mordaunt signals support for extending legal protection to Ulster veterans

Also: Davidson urges Tories to work harder for Euros; Bradley branded ‘unfit to govern’ by abuse victims; SNP turmoil deepens; and more!

Holly Whitbread: We must not let disenchantment with national politics open the doors to extremists

We usually seen them off in Epping Forest. But it is important to deliver on Brexit to avoid grievances being exploited.

Why the ’22 Executive must tell May to go this week

The unrebuttable fact is that the Prime Minister is in breach of her word, and that the collapse of trust in the Party threatens to be terminal.

Dan Boucher: I’m a committed Leaver. But the Brexit Party offers only protest. Here’s why I’m standing in the Euro-elections as a Tory.

We need MEPs from a party whose commitment is not just informed by the desire to leave but also by a vision of what we should do when we have left.

Stewart Jackson: In Peterborough, one Tory candidate once floored an opponent. The coming contest may be no less exciting.

As the MP for the city seat for twelve years, I suppose I am as good a guide as anyone to the campaign ahead.