Brexit-induced outrage hasn’t boosted separatism, and the economic case keeps getting worse. But the SNP’s troops are itching to go, and this might be their last best shot.
Also: Corbyn moves to rule out coalition with SNP; Brokenshire embarks on Northern Ireland Brexit tour; Nationalists accused of ‘gagging’ journalists; and more.
Plus: August, the best political month. Thatcher, the best post-war Prime Minister. Off to Any Questions. Off to Edinburgh. And: will I poison an MP?
The media never understood him, and was surprised both by his successes and his failures.
She describes the aftermath of the Leave vote as “utter chaos, shambolic and frankly disgraceful”.
The First Minister threatens independence a referendum rematch, and Cameron’s successor faces an early test – but a winnable one.
Conservatives are losing their leader. But the Opposition is at risk of losing its core vote.
I hope we will Remain. But either way, the national interest would be ill-served if we abrogate our responsibilities in order to continue private feuds.
The new law fits into a pattern of behaviour which sets the Scottish Nationalists apart as one of the most centralising, even authoritarian, major forces in British politics.
Also: Trimble makes economic case for Brexit; Plaid demand timeshare First Minister; Foster calls for arrests over dissident violence; and more.
Joe Pike’s excellent book is instructive in what to do – and what not to do.
It seems widely assumed that Scotland will secede if the UK leaves the EU, but it’s hard to see how that actually happens.
Also: Osborne attacked by Welsh Labour; Cameron rules out SNP EU demands; Villiers faces calls to quit if she backs Brexit; and more.
Harnessing anger is easy, but keeping a grip on it is much harder.