… by introducing local income tax at a rate of 3%, banning under-21s from buying alcohol from off-licences & restricting the display of tobacco in shops. & so Scotland takes another step down the road to becoming the socialist workers paradise.

Reading about Alex Salmond’s latest bout of control freakery, yes, give the place independence so that they can turn it into yet another European high tax hell hole. First the corporates will leave. Those with any drive or initiative left long ago - as the customer base of many London pubs is testament to.

Yet Salmond thinks that

There should be no limits to our ambitions for this nation

Maybe our ambition for Scotland should be that may be one day, we can stop sending them billions of pounds of subsidies each year. Oh, & by the way, is it just me or is anyone one else reminded of the Scottish First Minister every time they see a picture of Shrek??