There are two kinds of predicament, and the twin faces of modern Scotland exemplify them with dangerous neatness. Despite this, its problems are often serious but rarely hopeless. Or to put it another way, unionism’s glass is always half-empty, nationalism’s half-full. That is one wince-inducing conclusion to be drawn from the latest ploys advanced to help preserve the Union. We are told — and, worse than that, asked to take seriously — that Prince William and his wife henceforth intend to spend more

Source: The Times June 07, 2021 23:01 UTC