Also: Northern Irish civil service plan fresh tranche of cuts; and devolved health services miss performance targets.
The two contenders were so intent on tripping each other up that they became deeply uninspiring.
The grim reality is food banks would be the only kind of bank blossoming in an independent Scotland.
Better Together declares it doesn’t need any more donations, and the Conservatives trounce Labour in the party stakes.
Share power. Share wealth. Embrace an entity bigger than your own ethnicity. The United Kingdom is an example to follow.
And Britain and her economy deserve better than that. Politics ought, in the first place, to be about doing the right thing.
Resolving the West Lothian Question whilst defending ‘British’ government will be one of the great challenges of the next Parliament.
What works for Panama with the dollar could work after independence with the pound.
The First Minister’s razzle-dazzle was overtaken by the steady pace of the Better Together leader.
The fieriest moments in last night’s independence debate were around the issue of Scotland’s currency. Can Salmond be sure of keeping the Pound?
Salmond promises cash he doesn’t have because his strategy is coming unstuck.
Also: Welsh Tory leader denies blackmail ‘cover up’; Sinn Fein accused of intimidating businesses over Gaza; and Ann Clwyd reconsiders retirement.
Too many politicians fear offending the SNP leader – it’s refreshing to see someone put their foot down.
The former Defence Secretary gives his view on quitting the EU, its appeasement of Putin, and the reshuffle – “what’s done is done”.
Given an opportunity to campaign for Better Together, I – like many Conservatives – got stuck in.