Fifteen ways to help Strengthen the Union

The Johnson Government should balance the Northern Ireland element of its Brexit deal by strengthening the Union – which it should be doing anyway.

Jan Zeber: How to unleash the power of the Union 3) Culture unites us, and teaches us about one another

The final part of our mini-series with Policy Exchange on rebalancing the Union in the wake of Boris Johnson’s deal.

Warwick Lightfoot and Will Heaven: How to unleash the power of the Union 1) Red, White and Blue-branded projects and funding

The first in a mini-series on Strenghtening the Union in the wake of Johnson’s Brexit deal.

The Englishman’s Betrayal

In the wake of Johnson’s deal, the Government must balance its plan for Northern Ireland with strengthening “our precious Union” – all four parts of it.

Lord Ashcroft: What my latest surveys found voters south of the border think about the Union

Overall, most English voters would rather keep the Union together if it were up to them.

Henry Hill: Davidson ready to lead next ‘No’ campaign as would-be successors battle over her legacy

Also: Democratic Unionists ‘under pressure’ over Brexit u-turn; and Gove backs Bowie’s criticism of SNP over no-deal preparations.

Jamie Greene: It’s time to set out our positive vision for Scotland outside the EU

We aren’t going to beat Sturgeon by apologising for Brexit and we aren’t going to win the hearts and minds of those Scottish leave voters by being passive about it.

Sarah Ingham: The proper place to call the government to account is not the courts, but the ballot box

MPs should be ever-ready to assert the rights of Parliament over the Executive. But they should not be outsourcing the voters’ job to judges.

Henry Hill: Johnson’s compromise risks laying another time-bomb under the Union

Like May before him, the Prime Minister risks inflicting deep structural damaged on the United Kingdom in order to escape tactical difficulties.

WATCH: “We will have dynamic free market capitalism.” The Prime Minister’s Party Conference speech in full

“If parliament were a laptop, then the screen would be showing the pizza wheel of doom. If parliament were a school, Ofsted would be shutting it down.”

Boris Johnson: “Let’s get Brexit done. Let’s bring our country together.” Full text of his conference speech.

“Let’s finally believe in ourselves…We have always had the courage to be original, to do things differently, and now we are about to take another giant step.”

Henry Hill: Scottish Tories force SNP to publish papers on impact of independence push

Also: Democratic Unionists attack Corbyn for backing IRA as it murdered judges; and growing concern of risk of loyalist violence against backstop.

Progressive Conservative reformers 1) Gove, “the most important Education Secretary since Butler”

Even Corbyn’s Labour is wary of assaulting his free school and academy legacy directly.

Neil O’Brien: How to rebalance Britain’s unbalanced economy – by levelling up, not levelling down

Ever since the EU referendum, there’s been renewed focus on how to help poorer places. Helpfully there is decades of evidence about what does and doesn’t work.

John Baron: Johnson must keep calm, carry on – and reject the Withdrawal Agreement

The Government’s policy of reminding the electorate that it is keeping faith with the largest democratic exercise in our country’s political history is correct.