Henry Hill: May stresses “absolute responsibility” to maintain the Union on Brexit tour

Also: Plaid leader refuses to support the Government over Salisbury; Foster suggests ‘shadow assembly’ for Northern Ireland; and more.

Brexit has busted the myth of the fragile Union

As 2017 draws to a close, the United Kingdom is in better shape than many of its supporters had dared to hope.

Murdo Fraser: Liberal Unionism – a model for Scottish Conservatives?

The history of our party has much to teach us about how to build on our modern successes.

Christopher Howarth: May has a rock-solid mandate to deliver a Brexit for all parts of Britain

Conservative MPs should get wise to Osborne’s attempt to bluff, panic and stampede them into backing Single Market membership – and no proper migration control.

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

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

Henry Hill: May must start to close the gap between Britain and Ulster

The Union rests on a bedrock of overwhelming economic logic, but it should be so much more. Let the Prime Minister channel Joe Chamberlain.

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: The election and Scotland. May is pursuing the most muscular and confrontational unionist strategy since Major’s.

It may go horribly wrong. It’s hard, however, to see that she can be blamed for trying.

Matthew Ellery: Plaid Cymru is seeking to subvert the wish of the Welsh people for Brexit

It has also contradicted its stance that “laws which impact the people of Wales should be made in Wales”.

Henry Hill: Brown, Jones, and Dugdale want powers anywhere but London

Also: Brokenshire insists restoring Ulster devolution remains the focus; Sturgeon may try to defy May over a referendum; and why not make Gibraltar actually British?

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: May renounces cherry-picking and promises to be a good Unionist

The Prime Minister set out to show that she will be a safe, inclusive negotiator.

Charles Nettlefold: What May can learn from the Chamberlains

She has expressed admiration for Joe, the ambitious social reformer and staunch unionist, but his sons have their own lessons to teach.

Mundell’s ‘hint’ on a special Scottish deal is nothing of the sort

Beneath the headlines the Scottish Secretary’s statements were entirely consistent with the Prime Minister’s muscularly unionist approach.

How close should May get to the Democratic Unionist Party?

The recent love-bombing campaign has got the Northern Irish Tories worried. The case for a deal is obvious, but so are the risks.

Brexit has caught the SNP between its members and the voters

The Nationalists can only hold their activists back and coalition together for so long, but with no surge in support a second independence referendum is a serious risk.