Is Whitehall inadvertently funding Sturgeon’s push for separatism?

Is Whitehall at last baring its teeth in response to the Scottish government and SNP’s separatism push? A look into how the Scottish civil service conducts itself is long overdue.

Scotland Secretary Alister Jack confirmed earlier this week that senior civil servants in the Cabinet Office are examining whether their Edinburgh counterparts should be allowed to keep working on plans for independence following last week’s Supreme Court ruling. Unless Whitehall intervenes or the Scottish government junks its plans, around £1.5 million worth of taxpayer money will reportedly continue to be spent each year on the team of 25 civil servants tasked with providing a revised prospectus for separation.

Given the unit’s risible output to date (remember the reheated currency plans which have wilted at the first exposure to scrutiny), you’d think more cerebral nationalists would be demanding a refund. However, in keeping with the histrionics unleashed following last week’s ruling, this has been portrayed by nationalists as another provocation towards ‘Scottish democracy’.