Launching her new ConservativeHome column, the Scottish Conservative and Unionist leader makes an appeal to middle ground voters.
Also: Third SNP MP faces scrutiny over business dealings; DUP return to Northern Ireland Executive; abortion row divides separatists; and more.
The Procedure Committee’s interim report suggests that the Government will have a fight on its hands to defend its vision for English Votes.
The party’s position looks incomparably strong, but the conditions necessary to sustain its current coalition increasingly appear temporary.
Also: Nationalists bow out of EU ‘In’ campaign; Labour AM attacks government culture in Cardiff; DUP might return to NI Executive; and more.
Also: Nationalists under fire over second MP; Cameron increases pressure for Ulster deal; Crabb claims slim chance of reaching Welsh devolution agreement; and more.
Also: Jones engulfed by transparency row; SDLP face leadership challenge; Carmichael faces election court; and UKIP brace for Welsh success.
The contrast with the waxing fortunes of the SNP illustrates the importance of knowing when to pass the torch.
If the party is fool or coward enough to chase the SNP onto its philosophical home ground, it is just teeing itself up for annihilation.
The Scottish Tory leader is an asset to the Remain camp. And her stance signals a troubling trend in her Party.
The new Labour leader is easily mocked. But he has done us the service of expressing, in Parliament, a widespread mood of febrile dissatisfaction.
Plus: The Australian Liberals should have gone for Julie Bishop. Joe Pike’s Project Fear. And: Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Cyber Corbynistas?
Also: Plaid savage Welsh Labour’s record (but guarantee to keep them in office); and an SNP plan to fix alcohol prices risks EU’s wrath.
Also: Davies attacks Plaid for effectively guaranteeing Labour rule in Wales; NI Conservatives damn UUP for quitting government; and Scottish far left launch new party.
Its social base is gone, its electorate pulled in different directions, and globalisation has eroded the state’s ability to grant comfortable lives by decree.