Karen Adam: “This patronising guff shows exactly how Westminster treats Scotland, expecting us to be grateful for what we are…”

Douglas Alexander's tail is already firmly between his legs after his embarrassing conduct throughout the whisky deal negotiations – a bit of that whisky to rub on the gums he keeps bumping would do him well.

The contrast could not be clearer – across Europe, carbon capture is becoming a reality, but here it remains stuck in a permanent pattern of delay and betrayal.

It’s high time that the Labour Party wakes up to this reality and gives Scotland the right to decide its own future.

It is hard not to believe if we were part of the EU, with the investment that brings, that our location and proximity to European offshore energy supply would be recognised and [carbon capture, utilisation and storage] delivered.