Henry Hill: If Gove and Johnson want to save Britain, they’re going to have to use the word ‘Britain’

Also: Galloway shakes up Holyrood battle with new unionist alliance; DUP wracked by major rebellion over Stormont reform; and more.

Henry Hill: Davies touts ‘devolution revolution’ as the Welsh Tories try to shield their unionist flank

Also: Johnson in Scotland to fight back against the SNP; Tory backbenchers set up new unionist research caucus; and more devolved woe in Ulster.

Henry Hill: Johnson prepares to take a more ‘robust’ line on the Union… but muzzles devosceptics

Also: Plaid suspend high-profile candidate over antisemitic comments; DUP call on O’Neill to ‘step aside’; and Anglesey spared shake-up of Welsh seats.

WATCH: Foster – “What we have to do now is minimise those checks”

First Minister reacts to news that there will be border checks on goods between Northern Ireland and UK mainland.

WATCH: Foster – Northern Ireland will announce roadmap out of lockdown next week

“That will set out how we can take these graduated steps back to what will be a different normality.”

Henry Hill: Sturgeon abandons bid for 2020 independence referendum due to epidemic

Also: schools and businesses shut down across the nation; DUP slammed in ‘cash-for-ash’ report; and Salmond’s trial continues.

WATCH: Foster – “It’s difficult to see” how there can not be checks between Great Britain and Northern Ireland

“He told one of my colleagues in the House of Commons that emphatically there would not be checks.”

WATCH: Foster – Any deal must respect “the constitutional and economic place of Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom”

“It is important that we do work together to get a deal and we will certainly be working with the Government to try to make that happen.”

Henry Hill: Davidson ready to lead next ‘No’ campaign as would-be successors battle over her legacy

Also: Democratic Unionists ‘under pressure’ over Brexit u-turn; and Gove backs Bowie’s criticism of SNP over no-deal preparations.

Lord Ashcroft’s Conference Diary: Could Tory MPs be whipped to vote that they don’t have confidence…in their own Government?

And: Gigabit broadband will soon be “sprouting like vermicelli”, says Johnson. Plus: Mordaunt’s warnings and Hoey’s heroine’s welcome.

Henry Hill: Government disowns attack on Scottish judiciary and tries to reassure Unionist allies

Also: Johnson says he’ll refuse the SNP legal authorisation for another independence referendum; Varadkar warned against imposing settlement on unionists.

Lord Ashcroft: My Northern Ireland polling. Six out of ten voters there accept the backstop. But only one in five Unionists do so.

More broadly, there is a lead for Irish unification of 46 per cent to 45 per cent – a statistical tie.

Henry Hill: Tories hope that ‘Boris bounce’ will save them in Brecon and Radnorshire

The Prime Minister’s tour of the United Kingdom sees him square off against nationalists from Sinn Fein, the SNP… and Welsh Labour.

Have Scottish Tory splitters found the blueprint for a lasting Conservative/DUP alliance?

Strengthening Ulster’s bonds with the mainland starts with ending the de facto exile of its unionist politics – if Johnson and Foster have the imagination and will to see it done.

Henry Hill: Hunt pulls Foreign Office support to Sturgeon’s separatist excursions

Also: MPs criticise Foreign Secretary over Ulster veterans; Johnson makes Thomson his Scottish campaign chief; and fierce competition to lead the NIO.