Mundell says that the Government is not afraid of second Scottish referendum

Also: Sinn Fein tries to win special status for Ulster (by ignoring London); Daisley exposes the SNP’s one-party Scotland; and more.

Alex Morton: The Housing White Paper. The detail will decide whether Ministers deliver more homes.

Much of it is excellent and a skeleton for delivery, but it will need work to put flesh on the bones.

James Frayne: Who stands in the way of more houses? The formidable upper-middle class.

The issue is a case study in where power lies in this country.

Christopher Howarth’s Guide to Brexit: Haphazard amendments to the Article 50 Bill don’t help EU citizens in the UK

The issue must be addressed, and it will be. Opposition wrecking efforts are the wrong way to go about it.

Howard Flight: May must not neglect the home front in pursuit of Brexit and Trump

The Government’s foreign policy may deliver a good departure from the EU and stronger relations with the US, but we must have economic reform.

Nadhim Zahawi: I found myself banned from Trump’s America. But I want his state visit to go ahead – and to tell him why he’s mistaken.

I fear that the President has poured fuel on the fire of extremism; and created enemies, rather than winning friends.

Syed Kamall: How Conservatives and reformists in Brussels decided the European Parliament’s presidency

Meanwhile, shock, anger, sorrow and denial over the democratic decision of the British people to leave the EU has been replaced by a more business-like approach.

Iain Dale: “Um…I…er…it depends on the context.” The stinking hypocrisy of the new LibDem MP over Turkey.

Plus: Trump’s tactics, Labour’s splits, and LibDem divisions.

Graeme Archer: Murdered gays. Banned Jews. But stick to those anti-Trump protests, comrade – and avert your eyes.

Thank God for great European leaders, like Merkel, whose idiosyncratic approach to border control played such an understated role in last year’s Brexit vote.

James Frayne: First, they encourage us to switch to diesel. And now they want to charge us for it. What planet are these politicians on?

You can’t encourage people to take what are described as virtuous acts, only to punish them later financially.

Daniel Hannan: The left-wing dominance of public culture is unintentionally good for conservatives

We have to be furtive when at the theatre, but the benefit is we have no choice but to hear and learn about the opinions of our opponents.

Henry Hill: Conservatives attack SNP for neglecting the Scottish Parliament

Also: May ‘intensifies’ work with devolved leaders on Brexit; Brokenshire attacks one-sided Troubles inquiries; Scottish Labour will ‘never’ back another referendum; and more.

Rebecca Coulson: Watch Trump like a hawk. Focus on the essentials. Judges should restrain him, women should sue him.

Watch what he says, and what he does – not what we think he means, represents, or how he comes across.

Andrew Kennedy: If councillors become too grand to shape up, they should be shipped out

Asked what he had done to help in a recent marginal by-election, one replied, “Oh, I knew there would be enough of you lot running around for me not to have to bother.”

James Frayne: It would be better for everyone if Trump’s state visit is called off – including him

This is probably a conversation that needs to take place between political staff on either side of the Atlantic.