Henry Hill: Another week that shows unionists need new weapons against Sturgeon’s revenant SNP

Surely they have seen enough zombie films to know that pumping yet more bullets into a zombie doesn’t work. Fresh tactics, not ‘more powers’, are needed.

Paul Davies: Devolution has not been a disaster – but it does need a complete overhaul

Labour administrations have undermined the constitutional settlement through misgovernment and pushing for more and yet more powers.

Henry Hill: Johnson may have just broken a devolutionary spell two decades in the weaving

The broad constitutional consensus Starmer cited is fragile, and based on part on a substantial minority of unionists falsifying their preferences.

Garvan Walshe: Gloomy Sturgeon projects competence. The Government doesn’t – and the Union may be the price it pays.

The Scottish leader has always tried to temper expectations about the country’s fight with Covid. This could pay off in an independence referendum.

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: The Commons has lost its power to hold the absent Johnson to account

Today’s proceedings were about as watchable as a game of cricket where the batsman does not actually have to face the bowling in person.

WATCH: PMQs – Devolution ‘is one of the proudest achievements of the last Labour Government’

Starmer attacks Johnson for breaking the “very broad consensus” on the constitution. The latter claims he meant the SNP’s record is the ‘disaster’.

Adrian Mason: Cancelling exams is a betrayal of Welsh children

Already bottom of the league of home nations in the PISA tables, this means we will fall further behind.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon’s timeline on Salmond scandal called into question as MSPs demand evidence

Also: true scale of the Irish Protocol’s impact on commerce, and Stormont’s ‘rank incompetence’, show how Ulster unionism needs a refresh.

Henry Hill: The public want UK-wide rules for Christmas, but we’re a long way from a ‘Four Nations’ approach

The different administrations are all in different places with increasing bad blood between them. Also, devosceptics look set to win seats in Wales.

Adrian Mason: The Internal Market Bill will help North Wales compete

Funding that was wasted by the EU should not be handed over to be wasted by the Welsh Government.

Drakeford’s assault on the Welsh economy – underwritten by the Treasury

The First Minister’s absurd decree banning the sale of ‘non-essential’ goods spotlights the tension between devolved lockdowns and reserved finances.

Henry Hill: Conservatives explore plans to buy off SNP with… yet more powers

It worked so well the last ten times, after all. Also: Reckless defects to Abolish as controversy over Drakeford’s lockdown – and who’s paying – deepens.

Paul Howell: CCHQ North will only work if party members feel real ownership of it

We need a dedicated campaign team, treasurers to build a fighting fund, a mechanism for MPs to feed in ideas – and a Northern Party Board.

Matt Smith: An unenforceable travel ban. No NHS transmission data. 30,000 lost jobs. But where is the media scrutiny of Labour in Wales?

Welsh ministers get soft-soaped while UK Government ministers face the full rigors of the national media

WATCH: Government won’t rule out imposing lockdown on Manchester without local agreement

Gove says ministers will have to “look at the position” to bring the virus under control if agreement can’t be reached.