Stephen Flynn: “This is an early-stage exercise and the study will focus on understanding the practical, technical and commercial…”

But with the weight of Scottish public opinion moving to our cause – we will see that final lap through.

It can’t have been an easy summer for the Secretary of State for Scotland losing his title as the most unpopular politician in Scottish Labour.

There is no shortcut. There is no political wheeze that can change the task ahead of us.

The public know that those with a real interest in Scotland’s future take the high road in the opposite direction.