This weekend’s Scottish Mail On Sunday carries a column from UK Cabinet Office minister Damian Green which, if anyone was still in any doubt, rings just about every warning bell imaginable in terms of the Tories’ plan to use Brexit to cripple devolution both in principle and in practice.

It’s tucked away on page 27 and doesn’t appear on the Mail’s website, but you can read the whole thing by clicking the pic above. And below, we’ve pulled out the key sentences that should have the blood of devolution-loving No voters running cold.

“The UK internal market is one of our greatest assets. We sell goods to each other across all parts of the United Kingdom. Scotland sells four times as much to the rest of the UK as it does to the entire EU. It is imperative we protect the benefits of this market. For instance, Scottish farmers, fishermen and food producers don’t want to deal with four sets of rules and regulations as they do business across the UK. It would hugely add to their costs and make business a lot more difficult. These costs would inevitably be passed on to their customers.”

TRANSLATION: Scottish fishing and farming will in all practical senses be controlled by (and therefore for the benefit of) the UK government in London.

“This is an exciting opportunity for Scottish businesses but it will often be the case that the country with which we are doing a deal will require the same high standards to apply across the UK or GB on things such as animal health and traceability. These deals will protect and create real jobs across the whole of the UK; we must not put them at risk. Put simply, doing things four different ways – in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – will not be the best way if it adds new barriers and new costs to people and companies across the UK.”

TRANSLATION: In case you weren’t sure, Green’s going to say it twice.

“The SNP position is that we should devolve everything to them and only then can we start to talk about how we rebuild the internal UK market. But this logic is back to front. We are not going to take risks with the UK market, risks that could cause real hardship to businesses and consumers. It makes no sense to potentially dismantle or disrupt large parts of our UK internal market and then hold talks on how we might be able to rebuild it – that is sure to result in gridlock and uncertainty.”

TRANSLATION: In those two paragraphs, the core founding principle of the Scotland Act which created the Scottish Parliament – namely that every power not explicitly reserved was devolved – has been junked, without consultation and without a vote.

“The UK Parliament also has a crucial role to play in this whole process. The SNP is fond of talking about the founding principles of devolution when it argues for all of these EU powers to be devolved. We should not lose sight of the real principle of devolution. That is that some things are better looked after by the different parts of the UK, while others are better dealt with at a UK level.”

TRANSLATION: Once again, for anyone who missed it the first time, Green says it twice so there’s no doubt.

“I want to be clear that the most important thing is getting a Bill that works for the whole UK and that we can’t accept changes that could erode the functioning or integrity of the benefits of the UK, damaging businesses and consumers in the process. The benefits of being part of a strong UK were endorsed by the people of Scotland in a referendum three years ago last week. The UK Government will always act to protect these benefits and maintain a strong United Kingdom.”

TRANSLATION: Nothing will be devolved that might be used in a way that could improve Scotland’s position, because that would feed the Yes monster.

“Brexit it is not a way to resurrect arguments for separation. In the end, fighting for every last power to the detriment of the UK market will only cause hardship for businesses and their customers. It would damage the people of Scotland.”

TRANSLATION: Brexit changed nothing. Eat your cereal.

Scotland has been told where it stands. It couldn’t be much clearer.