Graham Gudgin: The Irish Border and Brexit – is Varadkar playing with fire?

What is strange about the Irish Government’s approach is its lack of overt support for a free-trade agreement between the UK and the EU.

Henry Hill: DUP accuse Irish Taoiseach of ‘going backwards’ on Brexit

Also: Veteran Welsh Labour nationalist floats party split over Brexit; rival parties joined DUP to push for no back-dating of donor transparency in Ulster; and more.

The DUP are right to reject the Irish Government’s border demands

Calls to move customs and immigration checks to the Irish Sea prioritise nationalist sentiment over Ulster’s real economic and constitutional position.

Henry Hill: Wales’ Labour-Liberal Democrat coalition raises tuition fees

Also: Sturgeon follows May to offer ‘relaunch’ of government; separatist MPs join Soubry’s Continuity Remain caucus.

Gary Streeter: A message to fellow Tory MPs. Let’s unite, stick together – and play this Parliament long

Here are four rules to guide us all through the next few years, including: don’t die unless you have a majority of over 25,000.

Alistair Lexden: British disinterest is at the root of many of Northern Ireland’s problems

The row over the DUP fits into a long and inglorious tradition of mainland approbation towards, and ignorance of, Ulster Unionists.

Henry Hill: Trimble urges Brokenshire to bypass Sinn Fein and the DUP

Also: Welsh Government want you to tell them how they can tax you into a better person; donor transparency for Ulster; and SNP shielded from EU fine by London.

Prospects for the economy 2) Andy Silvester: The fundamentals are strong. But confidence is in shorter supply.

Doomsday predictions remain overblown, but the real, specific concerns of business are worth listening to nonetheless.

Iain Duncan Smith: My message to these panic-stricken, self-indulgent Cabinet members. Pull yourselves together.

To save this country from the dangers of Corbynism requires us to keep our heads, hold our nerve, and be disciplined.

Davidson puts more clear blue water between the Tories and DUP on gay marriage

The Scottish Conservative leader is fine-tuning the art of intervening on the subject in a way which emphasises not just her own liberal credentials, but the Party’s.

Market sentiment

Some Ministers and Conservative MPs are so spooked by Corbyn that they are in danger of losing their heads.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon plays for time with short pause to referendum demand

Also: Green candidate mounts legal challenge to Conservative/DUP deal; and Adams comes as close to admitting Brexit hasn’t sold unionists on breaking with Britain.

May’s deal with the Democratic Unionists looks like a two-year affair

It theoretically commits the DUP to support the Government for the whole Parliament, but it’s up for review in two years and that’s when the money runs out.

Iain Dale: Now is the time for the Conservatives to rally round the Prime Minister

Plus: Why haven’t Kensington and Chelsea’s leaders resigned too? Labour double standards on the Prime Minister. And: how Jake Berry became a cockney.

Henry Hill: SNP on ‘brink of civil war’ over second independence referendum

Also: latest Life and Times survey finds no surge in support for separation in Northern Ireland; and Ian Duncan joins the Government amidst controversy.