Common sense "inches" forward; but the importance of our relationship with our neighbours is still the truth which dares not speak its name

And the certainty that when Labour disappoints (as all governments do) the response will be to imagine that a re-elected Tory Party will provide the answer. Political reform is not a fringe issue - it is a precondition for genuine renewal.

And to provide an escape from a circular discussion in which the only alternative to a party shaped by Farage is a party which makes a virtue of the fact that its immediate past (twice) elected leader will not be allowed to stand as a Labour candidate.

Johnson's return 'worst idea I've heard of' - former Tory leader bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p… via BBC News (UK)

I love Parliament. Debate is important. But the amount of hot air being produced today on a motion/amendments which will make LITERALLY NO DIFFERENCE to any of the people in Gaza or Israel is quite staggeringly pointless and evidence of disturbing levels of self-regard

Extraordinary story. I was told by a medic last night in Delhi that "UK universities used to be a destination of choice; no longer - although the right to look for work after graduation is a positive". Not if Cleverley has his way. Another nail in coffin of UK competitiveness.

Closer to the truth to say electing Truss killed Tories

The shop window for potential recruits to Reform.

This is spot on. Neither Labour nor Tory comes close to offering a solution - nor is any solution possible that does not confront the idiocy of Brexit. The answer must involve re-engagement with economic reality. Who will dare? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The question is not whether we can rewind the clock; the answer to that question is no. The question is whether (a) we rejoin the process of shaping the Europe of the future and (b) restore to our children the rights which our parents bequeathed to us and which we destroyed.

There is a first time for everything. I have not retweeted Piers Morgan before!

in 2010 the David Cameron formed a coalition which was supported by 59% of votes cast. Keir Starmer's Labour has the support of 34% of votes cast - which represents barely 1 in 5 of those entitled to vote. That is not a secure mandate.

All true. Politics is about argument. Liberals are not good enough at winning their arguments. We need to spend less time on microanalysis and more time arguing our case.

Liberal Conservatives have already left the Tories in droves. More will follow as Badenoch pursues Reform voters. The Liberal Democrats are their natural home.

Working people (ie most of us) want to live in a society which grants us respect and the opportunity to progress. Liberal democracies have not delivered; they will be in trouble until they do.

Trump won, but why all the talk of a landslide? Trump has 312 Electoral College votes. In 16 elections since 1964 (when College last increased) Reagan won 525/489; Nixon 520; Johnson 486; Bush Snr 426; Clinton 379/370. 50.5% of the popular vote is a mandate, but not a landslide.

The empty chair used to be a journalist's threat. It has become the evasion of choice.

"I dont think we can necessarily assume that the Conservative and Labour dominance of the electorate for most of the post war period is necessarily going to survive". Sir John Curtice

Our point of difference needs to be that we offer solutions to grievances which others enjoy exploiting.