Henry Hill: Mordaunt signals support for extending legal protection to Ulster veterans

Also: Davidson urges Tories to work harder for Euros; Bradley branded ‘unfit to govern’ by abuse victims; SNP turmoil deepens; and more!

Henry Hill: Davidson demands May’s successor rules out another Scottish independence referendum

Also: Ministry of Defence and Northern Irish Office clash over protecting ex-servicemen and police; and another bad week for Scottish Labour.

Eddie Hughes: A better way forward on abortion law for Northern Ireland

My minority report, unlike the majority one of the Women’s and Equality Committee, respects the province’s devolution settlement.

Has May just delivered the coup de grâce to any imminent hope of reviving Stormont?

If she insists on a functioning Assembly before a no-deal Brexit, why on earth would Sinn Fein oblige her?

Brexit, the backstop, Anglo-Irish relations – and learning from Burke

We need a new strategic partnership with Ireland. At the moment, that end seems endlessly remote.

Hammond, Penrose, and Kwarteng join the Government as May circles the wagons

The Prime Minister has eschewed the chance to bind waverers with patronage in favour of promoting able loyalists who won’t make trouble.

Henry Hill: Scores of Tory MPs and peers urge May to protect Ulster veterans

Also: Scottish Conservatives keep up the pressure over fishing and the backstop; Plaid set out new front bench; and Bradley empowers Northern Irish civil service.

Use of the Caine

The significance of the Northern Ireland SpAd’s tweet lies less in its content than its author – and that it has been issued at all.

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.

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: May plays into Varadkar’s hands by getting the Belfast Agreement wrong

Also: Pro-UK think-tanks torpedoes SNP’s economic case for independence; Plaid suffers ‘major rift’ as MP savages Wood; 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: 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: May should not fall for the old ‘fragile Union’ con on Northern Ireland

Some remainers will not give up on the idea that the UK is about to fall apart, but the latest evidence of that from Ulster is threadbare at best.