Also: DUP call for ‘unionist unity’ pact is a cul-de-sac for Northern Ireland that the other parties should resist.
If Conservatives don’t take the Opposition seriously, one can hardly blame them. And yet that could prove to be a big mistake.
We should make some gains in rural areas. Labour is no longer a reliably unionist party – which is gradually being noticed by the voters.
The proper response to separatist stonewalling is doubling down, not backing down, on positive, pro-active British policymaking.
The First Minister admits the decision on the date will be based on when “they can best win it. Any politician would factor in those judgments.”
Also; does consenting to indefinitely extending grace periods show the EU finally gets the need to change the Protocol?
Despite being the world leader in vaccinations, Israel has seen immunity wear off. The UK government is taking note.
Also: SNP’s nuclear hypocrisy forces MoD to consider relocating Trident even though an independent Scotland would join NATO.
It should seize the initiative and challenge the right of the party to speak for all Scots.
Scotland’s new schools guidance is no excuse for repeating the tactics that brought Section 28 onto the statute book.
The UK had one of the best vaccine programmes, but it kept its nightclubs closed for longer than France and Germany.
It’s absurd to demand the right to force Scotland into lockdown when you need the British Treasury to pay for it.
Also: Donaldson to lead DUP from Westminster after no MLA will make room for him in Stormont.
If nothing is done, we fear the pig industry is heading towards collapse, which would affect tens of thousands of jobs.
Zahawi, the new Education Secretary, should consider whether the bill as it stands is a sticking plaster.