Matt Smith: An unenforceable travel ban. No NHS transmission data. 30,000 lost jobs. But where is the media scrutiny of Labour in Wales?

Welsh ministers get soft-soaped while UK Government ministers face the full rigors of the national media

‘We need to talk about the Union’: An inside look at the new group of Conservative MPs fighting for Britain

The 70-strong Conservative Union Research Group wants to support the Government’s mission to strengthen the United Kingdom.

Henry Hill: Tories hit out at bid to ‘balkanise’ the UK with new travel restrictions

Also: the SNP paradox. Sturgeon gets sucked deeper into the Salmond scandal as independence soars in the polls.

A message from Ross to the Government – and Cummings. They’ve no excuse not to make the Union their top priority.

He is right to suspect value placed on the Union by some senior figures in this government. The Prime Minister must lead by example.

What could give the Government a sense of purpose – and chances to achieve? Making Gove Deputy Prime Minister.

Johnson needs a Simon Milton figure in government. The move would be controversial, to put it mildly. But who else is there?

Both Johnson and the rebels want a compromise on the UK Internal Market Bill – so it looks as though we’ll get one

It looks as though we are in the territory supported by this site on Monday – Government support for something not unlike the Neill amendment.

Daniel Hannan: Voters tend to get some things wrong, but the big things right. So it is with this Brexit Bill.

In a shrewd and largely instinctive way, they have sussed that Britain faces an ill-disposed negotiating partner making unreasonable demands.

David Gauke: May should lead the Commons struggle against her successor’s plan to break international law if necessary

As her Lord Chancellor, I would have resigned if she had brought forward such proposals (which she wouldn’t have done anyway).

Bernard Jenkin: If necessary, we must pass legislation that will nullify the direct effect and direct applicability of EU laws

It may be good tough talk to speak of breaking international law, but it does not engender respect.  His exact words were not even factually correct. 

Henry Hill: The Shetland Islands explore secession from Scotland

Also: Defence of Westminster’s national role sparks devocrat fury; Salmond inquiry puts Sturgeon’s husband in the spotlight; and more.

Roderick Crawford: The EU has an obligation to improve the flawed Northern Ireland Protocol. And isn’t meeting it.

In practice, a workable protocol requires arrangements that reflect its wider aims — including respect for the territorial integrity of the UK.

WATCH: Bowie, Capurro, and Hill debate how best to defend the Union

The Adam Smith Institute’s latest webinar addressed the urgent question of why existing pro-UK strategies aren’t working, and what needs to change.

Henry Hill: After decades on the defensive, Westminster is finally gearing up to counter-attack the SNP

The Nationalists’ campaign has been so successful that leading pro-UK campaigners shy away from saying ‘Britain’. That isn’t sustainable.

Securing the Majority? 3) A Department for the Union

After the election, we suggested five ways of securing the Party’s electoral position. Eight months on, how is the Government doing?

Henry Hill: SNP abandon ‘economic case for independence’ as GERS reveals that they don’t have one

But with the Scottish Government’s ratings apparently impervious to its record, the real question is whether these damning figures will make any difference.