they are still fully committed to working towards the break up of the United Kingdom and independence for Scotland.

Well they can't do it without the constitutional consent of the Scottish people, who are as British as anyone else living here. In the meantime you would expect the SNP to fight Scotland's corner. Boris fights London's corner, Maggie fought the City's corner (and fought the public sector tooth and nail into the bargain), we're all fighting our own corners. Why is that? Because vast tracts of the UK get a lousy deal, that's why. We get the politicians we ask for. Our system includes Scottish MPs at Westminster and they have every right to use whatever power they can get to give the Scottish people a better deal. I don't hear you whingeing about the extremely undemocratic deal struck in 2010, when a failing also-ran poor third-place party got to wield power whereas a party with 200 seats more got to wield none at all. If there is going to be a Labour/SNP coalition, which I severely doubt and personally would not like to see, I should like you to explain why you've been so quiet about the ConDems before you start throwing brickbats at the Scots.