Mrs May

I beg to differ Tomas. The Tories are now the main opposition to the politically correct socialist nationalist government in Edinburgh. I fail to see why the sexual orientation of the Tory leader would lead one to support a party which wants to break up the UK and campaigned for another Independence referendum. It would be a little like voting for Neil Kinnock's Labour party simply because you disapproved of Mrs Thatcher being married to a divorcee. Some Tory grandees have a problem with women leaders . In addition Ruth Davidson is also - horror of horrors working class ! In an electoral disaster she alone managed to get electoral gains.

Whether the Conservative party is conservative is another matter of course

One of the completely bonkers aspects of scottish nationalist/sinn fein ideology is the swapping of a high degree of self government and occasional ability to influence national politics by holding the balance of power, for immersion in a superstate project which is run largely for the benefit of Germany.

Of course the only principle SF now holds is not taking their seats in Westminster and representing their electorate. They do of course accept the Queens salaries and even have Westminster offices.

Anglophobia seems to over ride the national interest , the power to make decisions for ourselves and even common sense. Perhaps the European union's rather generous salaries and expenses to its' rather powerless MEPs explains their fondness for suppressing what little sovereignty we have left.

The SNP and SF despise everything remotely conservative and traditional embracing every left wing progressive doolally crackpot idea.

I think the United Kingdom is a unique entity. It seems to be compatible with the national identity of its members and most patriotic English, Welsh and Scots seem to have supported it until recently. Even now I think Scotch nationalism is morw motivated by the considerations Cato mentions. As for socialist Irish republicanism, I think it was very much a minority view when the State was founded. Personally I was cheering for Scotland to vote for independence, but only to annoy all the celebs.

I mentioned the election today to the Glaswegian driver of the Belmont city shuttle. He was there at the time. His reaction to the whole thing probably sums up what the main consideration was for most: What would happen to a stand-alone Scotland if the oil ran out and the whisky stopped flowing? Well, I can't see the latter happening. And sometimes you have to not worry about these things.

Mrs May was speedy in congratulating Australians for voting in favour of gay marriage. Several electorates didn't, nearly all in Western Sydney, where Islamic immigrants make large minority of the population. If it still is a minority. And yet the Labor mp who represents one of these still insists he will vote for same sex marriage in parliament, despite it not being the will of his voters. Perhaps there monkey-puzzle is something May is all too familiar with?