Brexit is now clearly bad news for separatists – will Remainers admit it?

This site was unusual in arguing before the vote that the SNP and Plaid needed the EU. Today it is received wisdom – so where are the recantations?

Henry Hill: Sturgeon plays for time with short pause to referendum demand

Also: Green candidate mounts legal challenge to Conservative/DUP deal; and Adams comes as close to admitting Brexit hasn’t sold unionists on breaking with Britain.

Henry Hill: SNP on ‘brink of civil war’ over second independence referendum

Also: latest Life and Times survey finds no surge in support for separation in Northern Ireland; and Ian Duncan joins the Government amidst controversy.

WATCH: Oil, fish, independence and Brexit – exploring the election in Scotland

The Guardian’s John Harris talks to voters across Scotland.

Political gravity looks to be catching up with the SNP

If the SNP do drop below 40 per cent of the vote, as a new poll suggests, the Prime Minister will be quite able to go on saying “not yet”.

WATCH: Davidson addresses the Orwell Foundation

The Scottish Conservative leader argues the SNP is living out some of the great author’s warnings.

Peter Duncan: The Prime Minister’s gamble in Scotland – and why pressure for another independence vote may become unstoppable

Any result which sees the election of more than 45 nationalists will raise some awkward questions for May as she forms her new government.

Henry Hill: Sturgeon is backing away from head-on confrontation with May

Also: Brokenshire sets Good Friday deadline for talks as UUP elect new leader; and Welsh Tories regain second place as Reckless ‘re-rats’ from UKIP.

“We will put the interests of the Union – both the parts and the whole – at the heart of our decision-making.” May’s Scottish speech: full text

She argues that overseas aid is a prime example of how a united, global Britain is a force for good.

WATCH: The Prime Minister in Scotland – “The strength and stability of our Union will become even more important”

Theresa May addresses the Department for International Development ahead of the Scottish Parliament’s upcoming vote on a second independence referendum.

There’s little evidence yet that Northern Ireland will leave the UK

Perhaps voters are waiting to see the outcome of the negotiations, or maybe the economic reality of Ulster’s reliance on Great Britain is key to swing voters.

Huw Merriman: BBC Impartiality? Yes, please – but not with MPs as the referees

There is a danger that those of us with strong opinions are not always the best judges of balance.

Henry Hill: Davidson tells Greens to honour their own manifesto, not the SNP’s

Also: Jones calls for grand council to create a federalist vision for Labour, and Government rebuffs Irish leader over Ulster comments.

Christopher Howarth: Sturgeon’s vanishing independence options. There would be no automatic EU or EEA membership for Scotland.

A curious alignment of remainer Unionists and Scottish nationalists was convinced that Brexit would cause the end of the UK. Fortunately, they were wrong.

Nadhim Zahawi: An independence referendum on the SNP’s timetable wouldn’t be fair to Scotland. But they don’t care.

We cannot have a vote when all that is known is what legal deal has been agreed.