As the Labour government announces billions of pounds worth of cuts to welfare benefits and slashes overseas aid with the stroke of a pen to create a war economy, the true cost of Scotland being tethered to the British state becomes clear.

Suddenly, there’s money for weapons and weapons for war. Remember when Labour got in and were shocked and surprised to find a £22billion Black Hole in the economy? “Tough decisions” had to be made and none of the things that needed to be done after fourteen years of Tory Rule could be done after all. It seems that’s all changed. The government couldn’t find the money to solve the housing crisis, or fund a Just Transition, or respond to energy poverty or improve education, but it can find billions in an instant for war.