Author looks at Conservatives' attitude to Scotland as part of new book
IF the past six years have taught us anything, it is that arguing against Scottish independence is a lot harder than its opponents think it ought to be. Defenders of the Anglo-Scottish Union often start from the position that Scottish nationalism is a simplistic ideology, a dream through which a large proportion of the Scottish electorate is inexplicably slumbering and from which they will shortly awaken if the shouting gets loud enough.