Henry Hill: Dowden must resist the SNP’s Eurovision power-grab – and force the BBC to up its game

The UK competes as itself too rarely to allow the Corporation’s complacency to let Britain down. Time to bring some Olympic focus.

Henry Hill: ‘Great British Railways’ must be far more than an English franchise reorganisation

Also: The new Ulster Unionist leader is right that Northern Ireland suffers for having no government MPs. What will he do about it?

Henry Hill: Last week, Ross secured his ‘Unionist’ base. The next task: selling Scots on the ‘Conservative’ bit.

Has the party secured a base it can build on in a less polarised politics? Or is it merely propped up on borrowed pro-UK votes?

Henry Hill: Fury as Scottish Tories suggest SNP majority is a ‘guarantee’ of another referendum

The Nationalists themselves are doing everything they can to minimise their central policy. All the materials for denying their mandate are there.

Henry Hill: Why Foster’s exit most likely signals an even harder line against the Protocol from the DUP

A united front against the sea border might be their best chance – regardless of the headaches it causes in Dublin, Brussels, or London.

Henry Hill: Lewis to fly the Union Flag from Stormont House all year round

Meanwhile, the Scottish Tories double down on their referendum threat… whilst the SNP start to back off from the idea.

Henry Hill: Anger at Westminster as Scottish Tories put SNP’s referendum pledge at the heart of their campaign

It helps the Nationalists avoid scrutiny of their record and undermines Johnson’s pledge not to grant another vote.

Henry Hill: If Johnson wants to save the Belfast Agreement, he must act to restore unionist confidence in it

If he cannot or will not convince them that its guarantees of their British status are real and meaningful, its days are numbered.

Henry Hill: Is the Alba Party the separatist movement’s answer to Leave.EU?

It might allow Sturgeon to focus on the progressive, europhile case for independence whilst Salmond rallies leavers and cultural conservatives.

Henry Hill: Ross’s blitzkrieg didn’t bring down Sturgeon, but Fabius Johnson can yet deny her the prize

The constitutional struggle is a long game, and in the ‘war of position’ unionism is in a stronger position than the SNP would have you think.

Henry Hill: As the election looms, the tide seems finally to be turning against the Scottish Nationalists

A string of polls have found both the SNP falling short of an overall majority and the Union outpolling independence.

Henry Hill: Swinney is saved, but Sturgeon’s grip on the Scottish Government hangs by a Green thread

New polls suggest the SNP may still be dependent on their separatist allies to hold on to power in Edinburgh after the upcoming elections.

Henry Hill: Frost’s appointment shows the Government is not resigned to the Northern Ireland Protocol

His extension of grace periods only makes sense as part of a strategy aimed at securing meaningful concessions to assuage unionist concerns.

Henry Hill: The SNP’s disdain for MSPs is discrediting the Scottish Parliament

As Alex Salmond’s evidence is censored again, now the reputation of Scotland’s prosecutors is dragged into the mire.

Henry Hill: There’s something rotten in the state of Scotland. But can anyone do anything about it?

Also: Ministers can’t bleat about the ‘culture war’ if they’re prepared to let their planned celebration of Britain be renamed ‘Festival UK* 2022’. Get a grip, DCMS.