Nice to see English politicians suddenly panicking about the Union after spending four years actively putting it in jeopardy.

What did they think was going to happen? One if the strongest arguments for Soft Brexit was that it paid due respect to the parts of the Union which voted to Remain. Instead they were ignored, silenced and told they were enemies of the people.

Then you select Boris Johnson as Tory leader - a charicature of English indifference towards Scotland. And he proceeds, as his predecessor did, to freeze Scotland out of the Brexit process.

It didn't need to be this way. A softer Brexit, which respected those nations, cities and people who disagreed, and an inclusive approach to the result, could have alleviated the damage.

They were warned about this every step of the way. They didn't care. And now here we are.

The rise of Scottish independence is not the result of impressive campaigning by Scottish nationalists. It is the result of rampant English nationalism.