Henry Hill: Childcare battle sees SNP voting down its own policies

Also: Welsh economist accuses Westminster of unfairly chancing Welsh tax powers on ‘highly losable’ referendum

Henry Hill: The breakdown of the Northern Irish Haass talks

Also: Scots crackdown on e-cigarettes proposed; small, viable bomb discovered in South Armagh; and Wales sees New Year’s Eve firefighter strike.

Henry Hill: Parties sounded out on a new flag for Northern Ireland

Also: First Green MSP breaks ranks to support the Union; and Scotland and Wales get very different PISA results.

Henry Hill: Both sides pretend Scottish referendum is about their own specific policy proposals, again

Also: Welsh FM would block currency union; Police find no evidence of ‘Yes’ hacking claims; Dissidents bomb Belfast; Universal Credit reaches Scotland.

Henry Hill: Ex-RUC demand Haass not draw “moral equivalence between police officers and criminals”

Also: Treasury defines limits of possible Welsh tax devolution; SNP and Tories vote down ban on spare-room subsidy evictions.

Henry Hill: Martin McGuinness attacks the ‘festering wound’ of the Disappeared

Also: Welsh FM ‘scared’ of tax powers; Independent MSP aims to remove church from Scottish education boards; and things happen in England.

Henry Hill: Five suspected republican terrorists arrested in Scotland

Also: Theresa Villiers sent a bomb in the post and Welsh councils use ‘anti-terror’ legislation to surveil employees.

Henry Hill: Welsh schools are worse than any in England, report finds

Also: SNP accuse Labour of stealing credit for public spending spree. And Belfast commemorates the nine victims of the 1993 Shankill Road bombing…whilst republicans unveil a plaque to the bomber.

Henry Hill: Peter Robinson claims gay blood donation ruling has ‘serious implications’ for devolution

Also: Welsh First Minister sees “disaster” if Wales is not given borrowing powers. And SNP accuse Better Together of costing them a by-election

Henry Hill: Cross-border fraudsters ‘abusing’ Northern Irish health service

Also in Red, White & Blue: SNP nationalise loss-making airport. And ‘elaborate hoax’ sees false bomb outside offices of Alliance MP

Henry Hill: Boris leads the charge for metropolitan ‘English devolution’

A new entrant into the debate over the West Lothian Question.

From Henry Hill: Vernon Coaker speaks about Northern Ireland. But his Party won’t stand there.

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Henry Hill: Welsh FM calls for end to devolution “tinkering”

Henry Hill is a British Conservative and Unionist activist and writer. Follow Henry on Twitter. He is also editor of the non-party… Read more »

Henry Hill: HMP Maze peace centre ‘killed off’ by Castlederg rally

Henry Hill is a British Conservative and Unionist activist and writer. Follow Henry on Twitter. He is also editor of the non-party… Read more »

Henry Hill: Welsh teachers ‘demoralised’ by assessment and reform

Henry Hill is a British Conservative and Unionist activist and writer. Follow Henry on Twitter. He is also editor of the non-party… Read more »