Ruth Davidson

Former DUP leader and Northern Ireland First Minister Dame Arlene Foster. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA

Foster behind new foundation to promote benefits of Union

Dame Arlene Foster said the new pro-Union movement would need to attract people from a 'non-party political background'

Dame Arlene Foster to form non-party pro-Union group

Letter to the editor

Amid this war on coronavirus we must all fall in behind our leaders

Boris Johnsons actions since arriving in Downing Street last week have prompted speculation that he may call an early General Election

Boris’s optimism healthy after gloom under May

Nicola Sturgeon

'˜Scotland should have same opportunity as NI from Brexit', say SNP

Kegs of Guinness being prepared for shipment at the St James' Gate Brewery, Dublin. Ross Thomson writes: "When Guinness leaves Dublin to go to Belfast, Glasgow or Liverpool the necessary paperwork is completed electronically, taking account of the differing duties, taxes and regulations so that it complies and any dues are paid to the correct authority". Photo: Guinness/PA

Scottish unionists cannot accept an Irish Sea border or let Brexit divide our na...

Morning View

We need to see full legal implications of keeping NI in single market

Ruth Davidson and her partner Jen Wilson with baby Finn. Pic: Scottish Conservatives/PA Wire

Arlene Foster congratulates Ruth Davidson on birth of baby boy

There have been tensions with Spain over Gibraltar, above, since the early News Letters of the 1730s to today. This is why the pro British population voted overwhelmingly to Remain in the EU

The British population of Gibraltar saw great risk in Brexit, unlike unionists i...

Sandra Chapman

We mustn't let Brexit battles spoil our Christmas

Morning View

The Tory leader Ruth Davidson is once again a voice of sanity

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson. Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire

Scottish Tories oppose '˜special' NI plan

DUP leader Arlene Foster is given a tour of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin by Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin and Bishop of Glendalough, Michael Jackson. Pic by Niall Carson/PA Wire

We need cool heads and a sensible deal: Foster

Theresa May during questions about Brexit in the House of Commons

Brexit: Nigel Dodds presses Theresa May on '˜no Irish Sea border' pledge

Nigel Dodds MP

Nigel Dodds says Brexit stand-off '˜turning into a battle for the Union itself'

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson's threat to quit welcome: UUP

Ulster Unionist leader Robin Swann has welcomed reports that the Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, has made clear she would resign if Northern Ireland faces new controls under Brexit that separate it from the rest of the UK.

By The Newsroom

Morning View

Poll results give boost to unionists but there are challenges ahead

Nicola Sturgeon

Agreeing UK Brexit bill not in Scotland's national interests, insists Sturgeon

Letters to Editor

More positive words from Leo Varadkar on Brexit

Sandra Chapman

Christmas is here so forget Brexit and celebrate

Sandra Chapman

Scots brave it out under Sturgeon but is Davidson their saviour?

Morning View

A realistic speech about the Order's need to make alliances

Morning View

DUP subjected to unfair ridicule on a conscience matter

Nicola Sturgeon

Second referendum put on hold but Sturgeon keeps options open

Tim Farron was repeatedly asked a theological question (is gay sex a sin?) by people who don't believe in God, sin or theology

Peter Lynas: Farron tried to prove his liberal credentials and his broad support...

Morning View

Tim Farron exposes the illiberalism of modern liberalism

Jeffrey Dudgeon at his former university, Trinity College Dublin, in 2011 when he ran unsuccessfully as a unionist candidate for the Irish senate. Photo: Julien Behal/PA Wire

Jeff Dudgeon: I have long battled with the DUP over gay rights, but I do not fin...

In a fascinating article that is being read across the UK, Jeff Dudgeon, the Ulster Unionist councillor who led the battle in the 1970s and 80s to decriminalise homosexuality in Northern Ireland, says that the Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson can rest assured things will not go backwards on gay rights as a result of the Tory-DUP deal:

By The Newsroom

PM looked strong when she called poll, now she's a humiliated political wreck

Prime Minister Theresa May leaving 10 Downing Street in London for her meeting with the 1922 committee at the House of Commons. Pic: John Stillwell/PA Wire

I'll get us out of this mess, PM tells party

Scottish Secretary David Mundell

DUP urged to 'change its position' on LGBTI issues by Scottish Secretary

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson during a press conference at the Apex Waterloo Hotel in Edinburgh. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

Scottish Tory leader '˜given gay rights pledge from PM over DUP tie-up'

Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband Philip leave after attending Holy Communion at St Andrew's Church in Sonning, Berkshire. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo.

Doubts over Theresa May's grip on power as DUP deal talks continue

Morning View

Scottish unionism might not be in such bad shape after all

Morning View

Brexit has not given Scottish separatists any boost yet at all

Only 31% of those polled wanted the SNP to campaign for independence in the next two years

Support for Scottish independence below referendum vote: poll

Morning View

Sturgeon knows she is playing with fire in independence push

In the British Isles, now only NI has real marriage

Ruth Davidson

No DUP comment on Scottish Tory's NI gay marriage vision

Ruth Davidson at the new Belfast mural depicting a married lesbian couple

Ruth Davidson: Northern Ireland will soon endorse gay marriage

Ruth Davidson will give the Amnesty Pride lecture at the MAC

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson backs gay marriage at Belfast Pride event

Tory leadership contender Andrea Leadsom, issues a statement outside her home in Northamptonshire, after a newspaper suggested she was using her status as a mother to gain an advantage over Theresa May.

May backers pour scorn on embattled Leadsom over motherhood remarks

Tory civil war on EU is so bitter that the party will struggle to recover

Mike Nesbitt

Mike Nesbitt '“ I will publish my tax returns today