I’ll be voting for Rishi Sunak today - for sound economic management, party unity and the national interest.

That whole paragraph is v true - Left and Right both have conservative and liberal aspects, but only the liberal ones ever get implemented. We’ve even turned Brexit into a liberal project, for global trade rather than national renewal

Delighted to visit the old schoolhouse in Potterne to meet the local team trying to buy the building and create a new community hub, venue & co-working space - 'The Patch in Potterne' The Patch in Potterne C.I.C.

The bottom line for the Tories is that there's no electoral future in the Osborne-style 'austerity plus social liberalism' that colonised Truss's government in its last week. The electoral coalition who voted for that (just) are dead to you post-Brexit. Embrace realignment or die

The next PM must return to the national conservatism represented by our election-winning 2019 manifesto & put us back on the side of normal working people

- sensible economic management
- protecting the NHS
- reducing immigration
- spreading opportunity to left behind places

Extraordinary times. The pursuit of power can be an undignified business. But back to more interesting things. Here is a polissoir stone on Fyfield Down in Wiltshire, from a visit a few weeks ago. Used to grind and polish axe heads in the prehistoric past.

What's the solution? Watch that here too.

We need to reorient our economic and social policy towards the foundations of growth, reducing demand on the state. That means stronger families, strong communities and restoring our national integrity.

Our co-Chair Danny Kruger sets out the scale of the problem we face that has been building for decades. The reality is that our economic and social model is not built on firm foundations, and the mini-budget 'pushed things over the edge that were falling anyway'. Watch here:

As I say here the turmoil reflects deep problems in our economic and social model - problems that are upending our politics

The answer lies in a restoration of the fundamentals: families, communities and the nation. More here: newsocialcovenant.co.uk