Robert Jenrick: Stoke-on-Trent Central can turn blue with your help. We haven’t written this by-election off.

Our candidate, Jack Brereton, is Stoke born and bred. The seat doesn’t need Paul Nuttall, who sees it as a political pawn

Iain Dale: No matter what detail the Government gives on Brexit, the Remainers will never be satisfied

Plus: Can Corbyn survive losing both by-elections? Trump has the tone of Mussolini and the content of Lindbergh. And: another Lib Dem blunder.

Alex Morton: Prepare for Javid’s push to help build more of the homes we need

The vast majority of people are neither Not-In-My-Backyarders nor Yes-In-My-Backyarders but Maybe-In-My-Backyarders.

Chris Grayling: Don’t underestimate Corbyn – and how he could use a hung Parliament to become Prime Minister

John Curtice wrote recently about how the Labour leader could limp to power backed by the LibDems and the SNP.

Maggie May

The logic of her view that no deal is better than a bad one suggests that, like Thatcher at Fontainebleau, she is prepared to walk away if necessary.

Henry Hill: Brokenshire says devolution is ‘only option’ for Ulster

Also: Davidson attacks SNP’s efforts to deepen divisions over Brexit; and the Welsh Conservatives criticise Labour’s bid to overturn new trade union laws.

Henry Hill: Strange but true – Unionists may come to miss McGuinness

Also: Labour slumps to lowest levels in Welsh polls since last days of Brown’s premiership; and Scottish Tories accuse SNP of a ‘wasted decade’.

Corbyn will find it hard to cope in Copeland, and risks humiliation

The traditional Labour voters in this Cumbrian by-election seem to respect May more than they respect their own leader.

Will Farage ever give Nuttall the media space to do his job?

He might have got his life back, but he doesn’t seem to want to give up the limelight.

May must refuse to explain the details of her Brexit plan

Otherwise she will provoke a mutiny in her own ranks.

David Nuttall: Our candidate in Copeland must be Cumbrian – and a Leave supporter

The by-election is a huge opportunity for our party. We should select someone equipped to pick up crucial votes from Labour and UKIP.

The Joy of Brex

2016 has been a great year for Britain. 2017 may be slower going.

What was the most decisive moment in the EU referendum campaign? Our readers’ answer: Cameron’s renegotiation.

Osborne’s “punishment budget” came in second.

A big by-election test for May. The Labour MP for marginal Copeland resigns.

Jamie Reed’s majority over the Conservatives at last year’s general election was 2,564.

Five people who made the Brexit vote happen 2) Nigel Farage

Almost six months on from the EU referendum, we present a mini-series on five people who helped to shape the result.