Supreme Court independence referendum ruling: Scotland deserves better than SNP's perpetual politics of charade – Brian Wilson

The Supreme Court independence referendum ruling raises a critical question for Scotland, or at least that part of it which is intrigued by such abstractions. How long are we prepared to be governed by the politics of charade?

Lord Reed’s promptly delivered decision was not some great legal landmark raising deep constitutional issues. It was a re-statement of the blindingly obvious as everyone including the hapless messenger, Dorothy Bain, knew to be the case.

As I pointed out when the case was raised, the Supreme Court was being used as a prop for a stunt. Ask it a question you know the answer to and when it arrives, whip up a ferment of indignation. Except it hasn’t been much of a ferment beyond the usual suspects.