We have a first class team – no paper candidates.
Also: Tories accused of favouring DUP with Westminster debate; Plaid council faces parent backlash over Welsh-only schooling; and Nesbitt divides UUP by endorsing SDLP.
The public have noticed the potholes and crumbling surfaces caused by incompetent management.
Unionist voters are switching to the Scottish Conservatives.
Also: May ‘intensifies’ work with devolved leaders on Brexit; Brokenshire attacks one-sided Troubles inquiries; Scottish Labour will ‘never’ back another referendum; and more.
Continued manoeuvrings for a second referendum on independence have gone down very badly indeed locally.
The First Minister has talked her way into a tricky bind over a second independence referendum. Contriving a Holyrood poll could be her least-worst option.
Sturgeon and Farron are out to whip up grievances for party political purposes. And Corbyn doesn’t know what he wants.
Also: Rudd and Mundell rule out Scottish exceptions on single market and immigration; Welsh Labour team up with Plaid to fight for status quo; and more.
Conservative MPs are looking forward to the vote. And even diehard Remainers acknowledge it is a Pyrrhic victory.
Whether by accident or design, the Government’s appeal has led the Supreme Court to kill off two potential threats to Brexit.
Yes, the Government is unlikely to block outright an SNP demand for a rematch. But that’s not the only card in her hand.
John Curtice wrote recently about how the Labour leader could limp to power backed by the LibDems and the SNP.
The Labour Party created an asymmetrical and unfair constitutional settlement. Brexit will exacerbate it.
If she thought the SNP would win another referendum, no compromise would stop her seeking one. She doesn’t.