Ed McGuinness: Why the Conservatives should run in Northern Ireland – and why they can win

Ulster’s major parties are failing to adapt to a changing electoral landscape, creating an opportunity for a new, more practical politics.

Henry Hill: Johnson to spearhead pro-Union strategy with more visits to Scotland

Also: Spotlight on the literal handful of MPs providing Stormont’s entire opposition; and Scottish Tories offer a budget deal to the SNP.

Matt Smith: After two wasted decades, it is for the Conservatives to deliver the “devolution dividend” to Wales

The 2021 Senedd elections are an historic opportunity. Our mission is to devolve as much power as possible to communities – from Cardiff Bay as well as Westminster.

Smith’s plan for Northern Ireland undercuts the Government on veterans and Brexit

Setting aside the Ulster-specific sections, the proposals for reviving Stormont pledges frictionless trade with the mainland and a commitment on legacy prosecutions.

Reform of the Supreme Court will fail without reform in Parliament

New Labour’s project of divesting power from the Commons cannot be reversed unless MPs are prepared to take up those responsibilities again.

Adrian Mason: Why should non-Labour North Wales be the prisoner of the socialist monopoly in South Wales?

What has been the Conservative Party ‘s response at Westminster to this situation? Incredibly, it has been to offer Wales even more devolution.

Adam Lent: The Tories have shown that they can take back control. Now is the time to hand it over.

This Government could revolutionise the public sector and allow a very different vision of devolution.

Andy Street: My ten-point West Midlands plan for the new Government

The Prime Minister was right to say many voters have only ‘lent’ us their votes. We must now earn that trust, by ensuring the benefits of life in a post-Brexit Britain reach all communities.

Andy Maciver: Johnson must change the Scottish Conservatives’ policy on a second independence referendum

He will be the Prime Minister who will either lose Scotland, or kill nationalism. There is no longer any in-between option.

Dean Godson: What Johnson should do now in this Government’s first hundred days

In his foreword to our new Policy Exchange paper, John Howard urges the Prime Minister to “seize the moment”.

The next Welsh Secretary if the Conservatives win

The two most likely candidates are both Welsh-speaking Brexiteers – but hail from different parts of the principality and differ on devolution.

Fraser Raleigh: We must continue to campaign for the Union – and shun loose talk of trading off Scottish votes for English ones

As we champion the Union, we need to recognise that each nation is having a subtly different conversation with itself about its future.

Henry Hill: How the Welsh Conservatives may win enough seats to offset setbacks in Scotland

Analysis of current polls shows the Party picking up nine or ten seats; my own sources suggest it will be more like six.

Garvan Walshe: Nobody except the Catalan separatists will gain from Spain’s second election of the year

The PSOE hoped to reunite the Left. Instead, rising tensions have fuelled extreme parties.

Jack Airey: How to unleash the power of the Union 2) Infrastructure can reinforce the United Kingdom

Upgrading the UK’s infrastructure is an opportunity to bind places closer through trains and trade.