GDP figures have revealed Scotland’s growth has lagged behind England’s for a decade, with growth in the last three months 0.4 per cent, compared to 0.7 per cent for the UK.

This is all on the SNP’s watch, and nationalists can’t even blame Brexit as the statistics were gathered before the EU vote.

It is yet another example of our economic growth being damaged by the SNP's independence obsession.

It's high time the SNP stopped endlessly prattling on about separating Scotland from our United Kingdom and got on with governing.

Alastair Redman