-Sturgeon seeks a Scottish referendum with Hollyrood to vote on it next week and date to be between autumn 2018 and spring 2019, warns Tories could be in Westminster power till beyond 2030, accuses May of no Brexit compromise and centralizing, feels that with Brexit already coming, "no change" is no longer an option
-Boris says no deal with EU would be ok and no evidence yet that Russia is attempting anything against UK democratic system, backs a Royal Yacht Britannia
-Mirror claiming a briefing note with May's schedule for visit to Cheshire was left on train including where she would be staying
-Expected government would be breeze through the two amendments and they duly did so with Baroness Smith saying Labour peers will accept will of Commons
-Rennie wants Scottish independence referendum blocked and accuses Corbyn of casual indifference about the union
-Foster says she has not considered resigning, sees Brexit as an opportunity for N.Ireland
-Scottish Labour says they will seek to block a second referendum. They are still not pleased with Corbyn
-Corbyn blames mischievous reporting and says he only argued it would be bad idea for Westminster to block a referendum, says independence would lead to turbo charged austerity, openly disagrees with Long-Bailey on econimic policy and his shadow treasury team, blames media's failure to focus on policy for his poor ratings
-Sturgeon has joked it a great pleasure for her to see Corbyn campaign in Scotland. The SNP are the only pro Corbyn party in Scotland right now with every other main party furious with him
- BMG survey for The Heraldsays unionists winning by 52-48% but most (49%) are opposed to second referendum
-FSTE 250 hits record high
-EU commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas warns Scotland have to repply to join EU if they go independent
-Baroness D'Souza dropped unofficial investigation into peers "clocking on" for fear of press coverage
-Rumours May will not invoke article 50 this week, some disagreement on if May never planned it but let rumours ran too far or got spooked by Sturgeon but majority of lobby seem to think the latter
-Wall Street Journal alleges that some people in the markets are trading on official reports from the Office for National Statistics before they’re published.
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-Farage says he would probably stand again in South Thanet have law forces byelection
-Clegg warns it will be difficult for Westminster to block Scottish referendum
-IFS warns independent Scotland would have to raise taxes or cut spending, would be pressured to join Euro and that would hamper trade with rest of UK
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-Rampen on state of unionists
-d'Ancona on why the Tory split on Hammond's plans matters
-Bush on the budget row shows how difficult May will find Brexit
-Gary Gibbon on referendum
-David Torrance worried about state of unionists