Henry Hill: Senior Scottish Tories ‘plotting to block Johnson’s bid for Downing Street’

Also: Bradley retains May’s confidence as she takes belated action on MLA salaries; Plaid’s new, right-wing leader offers prospect of Tory pact; and more.

Henry Hill: Bradley retains May’s confidence as she belatedly cuts MLAs’ pay

Also: Davies pledges more diversity and radicalism from the Welsh Tories; fears of Labour stitch-up in race to replace Jones; and more.

Bradley’s Northern Ireland problem is in the present – not her past

Both the NIO and Number Ten have developed an irrational fear that a majority will soon back Irish unity.

When the Conservative-DUP pact is renegotiated, both parties must be bold

The Brexit negotiations ought to have highlighted to both sides how the Union is best served by a strong cross-water alliance.

Henry Hill: The courts have called time on Bradley’s passive policy towards Ulster

Also: Welsh Tory leadership hopefuls would put pacts with other parties to the membership; unionists turn on Robinson over united Ireland comments; and more.

Henry Hill: Soubry calls for government of ‘national unity’… with the separatists

Also: May pledges no hard border on visit to Ulster; Williamson plans to compensate troops for SNP tax hikes; Welsh Assembly to rebrand; and more.

Henry Hill: Bradley accused of wanting civil servants to act as ministers

Also: Williamson investigating amnesty for Ulster veterans; front-runner for Welsh First Minister floats new taxes; and SNP attack new Big Ben decorations.

Henry Hill: Welsh Tories investigate possible data breach over call for leadership ballot

Also: Foster attends Orange Order march in Scotland; pressure mounts on Wood as Plaid challengers break cover; Sturgeon forced to ditch new minister; and more.

Henry Hill: Bradley criticised for ‘legal assault’ on ex-servicemen and dithering on MLA pay cuts

Also: Three Plaid AMs call for leadership challenge against Wood; Foster breaks new ground at LGBT event; and Sargeant inquiry may not report until Jones steps down.

Henry Hill: SNP’s PMQs stunt prevented the very debate they claimed to want

Also: Robinson calls for fixed-term border polls in Ulster; Wood sets departure date as leader of Plaid; and the architect of ‘The Vow’ comes out for Scottish independence.

Henry Hill: Bradley refuses to rule out fresh Assembly elections for Northern Ireland

Also: Davidson wisely opposed ‘The Vow’ in 2014; Jones proposes special conference to decide Welsh Labour leadership election rules; and more.

The people and locally-elected politicians must decide. Bradley’s letter to Tory MPs on abortion in Northern Ireland. Full text.

“What is clear however is that even amongst proponents of reform there is currently no consensus on what that reform should entail.”

Lord Ashcroft: Brexit, border polls and customs checks – my new focus groups in Northern Ireland

Understandably, the unionists and republicans we interviewed have very different views on the questions facing the Province.

LISTEN: Hill on how devolution has failed Scotland, Wales, and Ulster

Our assistant editor talks to the New Statesman’s Jonn Elledge about why the new legislatures have not defeated nationalism, improved governance, or stabilised the constitution.

Twenty years on, the Belfast Agreement’s devolution model isn’t working

Evidence is mounting that the Assembly simply doesn’t – and perhaps can’t – deliver good government consistently. But the deal which founded it is treated as holy writ.