The Scottish Tory leader just demonstrated how she can be the perfect antidote to Salmond.
Also: Stormont flirts with disaster over budget deadlock; ‘Help to Buy’ sees Scotland run out of bricks; and BBC staff plan Commonwealth Games strike.
They promised to address the West Lothian Question. Now they’re just ignoring it. If they carry on, UKIP and Labour will capitalise.
Also: Violence hangs over Orange Order on both sides of the water as Twelfth looms; and Welsh Labour face familiar rebellion over all-women shortlists.
The No campaign must not put the boot into the First Minister. They must tease him instead.
Also: Nationalist conspiracy theorists target Armed Forces Day and the BBC as ground is laid for ‘establishment stitch-up’ narrative.
Also: Race equality campaigner quits Scottish Labour over ‘nepotistic’ candidate selection; and co-founder claims NI21 should be ‘put down’.
Our politicians have left a rhetorical vacuum into which nationalist politicians – Salmond and Farage – have moved.
It’s all about withholding the power for change from the nationalists. But the question is: will the public believe the Unionists’ promises?
Also: NI21 civil war rages on; language activist warns of ‘death of Welsh’; and are the NI Tories being undermined to woo the DUP?
The unionists’ new slogan seeks to neutralise the debate and reassure voters intimidated by Yes rhetoric.
Also: From the demise of non-English ‘big beasts’ to increased culture clash – how we might drift apart in the age of devolution.
“I’m proud of Britain as a multinational country with an inclusive idea of what it means to be British.”
Also: Jones overrules local preferences to give Welsh pre-eminence; Scottish Isles bid for more powers; and embattled NI21 leader receives sexual misconduct report.
Labour’s timidity has left a space for Tory boldness. But will the Commission take it?