Stephen Flynn: “The idea that we can't afford to invest in our infrastructure, I don't know where it got into that thinking.”

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

With the weight of Scottish public opinion moving to our cause, we will see that final lap through together – for Scotland

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.

It’s almost like he has been taking advice from Anas Sarwar, the man who told us that he was a lifelong campaigner against the House of Lords, just as he was taking up a seat in the House of Lords.