Conservative conference 2017 The latest news and comment on the 2017 Conservative party conference.
First thoughts
Hysterical, alcoholic and cut-throat: party conferences should be banned Simon Jenkins These events are utterly detached from reality, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
'We did manage a blissful break in Wales': Philip and Theresa May's round robin The PM raises a cup of festive cheer, as seen by Catherine Bennett as part of our satirical look back at the year
Ex-Cameron aide in tobacco firm lobbying row Call for stricter ‘revolving door’ rules after former No 10 special adviser Kate Marley plugs cigarette firm at Tory conference
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Brexit weekly briefing
Brexit weekly briefing: neither side knows whose court the ball is in
The Guardian view on Brexit transition: Mrs May must stand firm Editorial: The prime minister must stop indulging those Tories who would push her towards the EU exit without a deal
Jacob Rees-Mogg: on the trail of the pinstripe pretender Battle-weary Tories now believe the party needs its own outsider to lead them – and that that man is Jacob Rees-Mogg. We joined his disciples in Manchester
Theresa May: 'I won't hide from a challenge' PM says that she is ‘pretty resilient’, as Boris Johnson acknowledges that MPs ‘sniffed the air’ before rallying round her
Outrageous good fortune smiles once again on Theresa May Andrew Rawnsley Terrible as things are for the Tories, the cabinet is too paralysed by fear to move against the prime minister
Sack Boris Johnson and reshuffle cabinet, senior Tories to tell May Conservative MPs want prime minister to show she can exert discipline after Grant Shapps’s bid to trigger leadership contest
The Guardian view on Tory splits: doctrinal differences
Digested week
Welcome to the weirdest place on Earth: the Tory party conference John Crace
The Tories are destroying themselves in pursuit of hard Brexit Jonathan Freedland
Anti-Theresa May rebels advised by plotters who ousted Iain Duncan Smith
Guardian Opinion cartoon
Steve Bell on the Conservative conference aftermath – cartoon
Boris Johnson condemned in Libya for 'dead bodies' remark
Reflections on a shambolic conference for the Conservatives
Yes, May is weak. But do her rivals have the nerve to wield the knife? Martin Kettle
Loose canon
The truth about capitalism is out as Marx’s magic cap starts to slip Giles Fraser
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Former minister says 'quite a few' Tory MPs will now want Theresa May to resign – as it happened
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