Also: Jones marks five years as First Minister; SNP spent £2.5m of public funds on case for separation; and NI Water strike risks Christmas misery.
Also: UUP leader claims Sinn Fein would collapse Stormont for the sake of its southern ambitions; and Labour set to lose a quarter of their 2010 vote to Sturgeon.
Whether English votes for English laws gets through the Commons or not, we need a constitutional convention to give wider reform legitimacy.
His final pledge was to cancel Christmas to take the fight to the SNP – Jim Murphy could be the decisive change of course Scots Labour need.
Also: Welsh Labour turn fire on emboldened UKIP; NI21 not quite dead; Stormont deadlock still unresolved; Jones attacks Labour policy.
Also: The latest dispatches from the devolutionary front lines; and Sinn Fein councillor arrested as DUP plot Belfast comeback.
The Smith Commission’s proposals suggest that Scotland’s referendum hasn’t settled the independence debate for a generation – as unionists hoped.
The result didn’t end the constitutional uncertainty surrounding the UK and elsewhere. It has merely elongated it.
Also: NI Justice Minister denies handing Republican prisoners control of prison wing; and Welsh Assembly mulls 18 per cent pay rise.
Unless unionists find the will to stand firm against nationalism’s insatiable demands, they will reap no benefit from the referendum or further powers.
No amount of further devolution is going to satisfy the SNP’s new supporters if they still end up with austerity
They are likely to be less stable than coalitions because of the lack of a majority. That does not prevent them enduring,
Also: Welsh nationalists press the attack for destructive constitutional change; and Salmond puts a shot over Lib Dem bows with tuition fee monument.
This BBC compilation also contains what must be a lowlight for the outgoing First Minister: No’s victory in the Scottish referendum.
The two parties have already shown that it can be done, albeit on a smaller scale. It could be mutually beneficial for them both in future.