I used to have a lot of time for Nicola Sturgeon. You might disagree with her about the Union, but she was undeniably a brilliant politician. The love-child of a Bay City Roller and a Shetland Pony, what Sturgeon lacked in charm she made up for in cunning and strength. While Labour at Westminster made itself progressively more unelectable, Sturgeon’s victorious SNP rolled out Socialism in Scotland, and – how clever is this? - got evil Tory taxpayers down South to pay for it.

It takes some nerve to offer free university education to Scots and to young people from every single country in the EU, except England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Particularly when such largesse is only possible because Scots get £1600 more per head than the English. “I know, we’ll discriminate against you Sassenachs using your own money!”

As I say, it was hard not to have a sneaking admiration for the canny Sturgeon.

Well, not any more. At a critical moment in our history, one of the biggest, most anxious times many of us will live through, this self-serving little bism has handed EU negotiators a stick to beat us with. By calling for a second referendum on Scottish independence when she knows there is maximum mischief to be made, Nicola Sturgeon proves herself to be not just dishonest, but a traitor to boot.