Henry Hill: SNP faces police investigation over ‘missing’ independence campaign cash

Also: Ministers give opponents of Troubles amnesty six weeks to propose alternatives and square off to the devocrats over freeports.

Two by-elections and one Health Secretary – losses see Johnson fall by 16 points in our Cabinet League Table

Javid comes straight in at fifth place; Williamson’s score is in freefall; and the podium positions are unchanged.

Stephen Booth: The Northern Ireland Protocol. A crisis is averted. But for how long?

That Switzerland and New Zealand each have their own arrangements suggests that a bespoke arrangement ought to be possible.

WATCH: Hancock “should be proud” of what he has done with the health service, says Lewis

“Credit to Matt that his focus is not just on his family but on the wider country and the best interests of the UK.”

WATCH: Lewis – My tweet about there being no Irish Sea Border “has not aged well”

The Northern Ireland Secretary refuses to say if there’s a border, although admits that there is “big disruption”.

Henry Hill: Frost secures a stay of execution for British trade with Northern Ireland, but no sign of a pardon yet

An agreement to extend grace periods would avoid the Government having to do so unilaterally, as it did previously.

Why Poots has departed and what it means

Successive Secretaries of State have preferred to bribe the local parties back to the table than to govern. This must change.

Yes, the row over the Protocol really is about the British sausage

It’s also about much more, of course. But the wrangle over a legal principle is also over the consequences of enforcing it.

Henry Hill: Could the fallout from the Protocol yet split the DUP?

Poots has purged Foster’s old team and nominated an ex-spad as First Minister. These do not suggest confidence.

Henry Hill: Johnson must give Frost and Lewis his full support over the Northern Ireland Protocol

The Government is right to insist on protecting food supply chains inside our country. But is the Prime Minister up for the fight?

Northern Ireland’s place in the UK must be affirmed by deed, as well as by word

Granting ‘Royal status’ to Hillsborough is the latest small but welcome step by the Government to do just that.

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.

Iain Dale: The student said men are physically stronger than women. Now she’s been referred to the Student Disciplinary Board.

Plus: Batley & Spen is no Hartlepool. LibDems eye Chesham & Amersham. And: will the West Ham variant hit Europe?

WATCH: Lewis on the hundredth anniversary of Northern Ireland, which falls today

“This is also a chance to showcase everything that makes Northern Ireland the phenomenal place that it is today.”

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.