The Union with Scotland is neither as weak nor as strong as it looks

That Johnson’s recent visit was reported as though he were a Governor-General of Imperial India touring the North-West frontier is a bad sign.

Henry Hill: Labour’s new leader sets the party against Scottish independence… but toward federalist folly

By taking refuge once again in his party’s only idea, Starmer puts himself behind even Gordon Brown in his constitutional thinking.

Iain Dale: Which Starmer will we get as Labour’s new leader this weekend? Radical Starmer? Or Safety First Starmer?

For his Shadow Cabinet, I would choose media friendly spokespeople, and back them up with deputies more on the policy wonkish side of things.

WATCH: Labour has been “walking on the other side of the street” on antisemitism, says Murray

“People need to take their heads out of the sand”…and rid the party of the “cancer” of antisemitism.

Battleground Seats 2) Scotland

Continuing our ConservativeHome series on the key contests in each region or nation.

Iain Dale: I watch Loughton become the second most popular Conservative in Scotland

Plus: Stingy Liberal Democrats. Stupid Owen Smith. And: at the Edinburgh Festival – and why those right-on comedians don’t get life beyond the M25.