HM The Queen is in Scotland launching a new ship. The BBC reported how she was cheered by the shipyard workers but when Salmond came on the big screen to congratulate them, he was roundly booed.

Tell you what, if they offered the vote in Portsmouth, there would be a hell of a lot more Yes to Scottish independence votes...

Look on the bright side. When the referendum is defeated, it won't have cost much. As ever, English tax payers will pick up the tab through the back door, just as we do the welfare and public sector jobs.

You know what? Not a problem. The UK is for all, even if there are a few chippy buggers with nothing to be smug about in the northern counties.