Henry Hill: Davidson rejects calls to split Tories as she sets out campaign vision

Also: Mercer resigns over Government’s handling of historical allegations against veterans; and Welsh health minister fends off no-confidence vote after latest scandal.

Garvan Walshe: A lesson from Spain. If a conservative party moves to the right, it fails.

The Partido Popular shifted far enough from the centre to lose votes on its left, while legitimising a competitor to its right.

Robert Halfon: Does May’s selfish machine care at all about the Party’s future – or the thousand plus councillors who lost their seats?

We are heading towards a 1997-type defeat unless we make fundamental and radical changes to our machinery and to our policies.

Andy Street: Conservatives in Walsall have been rewarded for their practical approach

Success in politics is about delivering the goods. This should provide encouragement to the local associations who fared less well last week.

Nicky Morgan: If Tory MPs want May not to rely on Labour, then they know what they must do. Pass her deal as it stands.

We have just 17 days from tomorrow now to do what voters told us to do on the doorsteps last Thursday – namely, ‘get Brexit sorted’.

Iain Dale: The Williamson I got to know

I found an incredibly likeable person – but although he knuckled down and scored some successes, he was better placed as Chief Whip than Defence Secretary.

Henry Hill: Davidson demands May’s successor rules out another Scottish independence referendum

Also: Ministry of Defence and Northern Irish Office clash over protecting ex-servicemen and police; and another bad week for Scottish Labour.

Rachel Wolf: Not much changes when councils change hands. And voters know it.

Good luck to every Conservative standing for election today. Let us hope that in future much more power is devolved to the roles you are competing for.

Daniel Hannan: May must stand down as Party leader before the European elections

Staying on would be a tragedy for the Conservative Party, which could very well cease to be viable as a party of government.

James Frayne: What polling does and doesn’t tell us about voters and the environment

There are clearly dangers in accepting the terms set out by green activists – who essentially argue that we can only protect the environment by slowing growth.

Henry Newman: Most Conservatives don’t like it – but talks with Corbyn offer a way of breaking the Brexit stalemate

It may be unpalatable, but there’s no point arguing about retaining customs union membership if we can’t get out of the EU in the first place.

Howard Flight: The Party must have an elected Chairman – and local Associations that take back control

The truth is that the Conservative system was not broke before 1998 and didn’t need fixing; and that the 1998 constitutional reforms were a failure.

Chloe Westley: How the Intellectual Dark Web brings light to the mind

What really brings together all of these people is a commitment to enlightenment values, and a commitment to freedom of thought.

Nick Hargrave: Why Conservatives must catch the green tide

Onward puts the importance placed on the environment amongst under 35s in roughly the same category as housing and education.

Iain Dale: The Conservatives treated Widdecombe with disdain. They will pay the price in lost votes next month.

Plus: Creepy Biden, useless TIGs, spineless Tory MPs…and why I’d favour Scottish independence were I fully Scottish.