Is St George now trying to slay the Sturgeon dragon?
Alex Thomson writes that many may chuckle on St George’s day at the possibility that the English may get a taste of their own democratic medicine…
I write from Inverness on St George’s day at a time when Westminster, London and England have rarely seemed so distant and foreign to so many – and that cuts both ways.
Not least because the main English parties are playing the nationalist card at every turn now in their St George-like attempt to slay the Sturgeon dragon.
Tricky ground for the English parties and the SNP, playing the nationalist card – especially for many north and south of Gretna Green.
Many Scots (and I am half English, half Scot) are enraged when they hear English politicians talking about a “constitutional crisis” should the SNP end up holding the balance of post-election power in Westminster.
You what? Seriously?
Here you will quickly be reminded that few English voices were ever raised when a Tory government was elected by other nations, to rule over Scots who never voted for them.
Again, and again, and again.