England must be resolute and save the Scots from self-destruction

September’s referendum should have finished off Alex Salmond and the SNP – but the Union’s supporters have been wet even in victory, writes Bruce Anderson.

The David Hume statue in Edinburgh Credit: Photo: Alamy

Everything was supposed to have been sorted out during the Old Year...

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