It is a measure of the strong emotional as well as economic ties that bind Great Britain together that support for the Union runs so high on both sides of the border. But Britain’s politicians need to be willing to tell the truth about Scotland. That it is wealthy not by chance, but thanks to the hard work of Scots, and the policies of successive Tory and Labour governments. That it is vital to the very nature of Britain – and that the rest of Britain wants it to remain so. That it is doing well – and that it might be time to give something back. After all, the McChattering classes pride themselves on living in a generous, social democratic nation. So why should redistribution keep going to Scotland when needs are greater elsewhere? Time, surely, for Scotland to help out south Wales or west Belfast – or even the east Midlands.