What a change – Cameron can actually look forward to his visit to Scotland

With the exception of Gordon Brown – and he was always so dour it was impossible to tell what he was thinking – there hasn’t been a Prime Minister in living memory who has actually enjoyed coming to Scotland.

Margaret Thatcher became spiky and aggressive when she crossed the border – well, more spiky and aggressive than normal. John Major seemed to regard it as a duty he had to endure, while Tony Blair made no pretence about it: he just hated it.

David Cameron, though, has always tried hard when in Scotland. Perhaps, deep down, he would consider it ill-mannered not to be as engaging and courteous as he can be, wherever he goes.

But even Mr Cameron has found it hard to keep that facade alive when in Scotland, particularly as he generally has to run the gauntlet of spittle-flecked nationalist demonstrators everywhere he goes.

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