Stephen Flynn: “You'd love to be able to do absolutely everything, but you have to prioritise. That's what we're going to be doing.”

He knows – he understands – that for as long as the binds of their Union continue to burst at the seams, there is no possible way that any UK Prime Minister can seriously survive.

Our message to Andy Burnham is simple. If he believes the United Kingdom status quo is worth saving – then bring it on, and let the people of Scotland decide.

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.

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