Separatists from different wings of the movement are increasingly united in scepticism towards Nicola Sturgeon’s new strategy.
Both Sunak and Truss’s proposals suggest unionist thinking in the Party is moving in a good direction, but they’re short on detail.
Northern Irish members quiz the candidates on the Protocol, the future of Stormont, and a range of national issues.
Tories need to learn from the past: putting the problem out of mind is what squandered the victories over devolution in 1979.
A structural weakness in her campaign is that she is telling party members what they want to hear – rather than preparing them for the hard times that Britain faces.
My guess is that she is too smart to allow the worst case scenario to happen. To do that, however, she is going to have to move swiftly from focusing on winning the confidence of Conservative MPs and party members to winning the confidence of the markets.
The contrast between those blithe campaigns and this appalling landscape is unnerving, and raises profound questions about politicians and truth.
Also: watch as those who studiously ignored Trimble over the Protocol neuter his memory to canonise him in death.
Didn’t he forsee the marginalisation of his party that would follow the Agreement? And anticipate his own fall from office and power as well as his rise to both? The answers are veiled in mystery because so are his motivations.
More work is needed to ensure proper protection for ex-servicemen and give victims’ families a chance at the truth.
Both candidates have committed to seeing the Bill through Parliament. But will they both use the new powers it will grant?
For starters, a leader with integrity, a reasonably competent Cabinet, a less divisive tone, a new seriousness of purpose on policy and, in particular, some pragmatism on Europe.
On Scottish independence and the Northern Ireland Protocol, constitutional questions will be front and centre in the leadership contest.
I have tabled an amendment to place a “parliamentary lock” on the Bill, requiring the Government to obtain a specific vote in favour of bringing its provisions into force.
“David was not cold and uncaring. He cared more, loved more, than any politician I have ever known, but critically, like his religious faith, he rarely showed it.”