The Tories continue to accidentally campaign for independence:
“These are considerable sums of money which should be reduced as part of deficit reduction plans, but the point I am making is in the light of the wider politics of Scotland right now. Scotland is talking about independence. I would rather they remain in the UK, but we have a funding imbalance that has to be addressed. “When you think about the prevailing doctrine in all the parties in Scotland, everyone is talking about more devolution. “So there is a good opportunity now for the UK Government to actually start having discussions to make sure that Scotland actually pays for itself.”