That will not be because the flame of independence has flickered back into life, though. It will be because enough cautious Scots don't fancy the thought of Labour ruling the Edinburgh roost alone. Labour is part of the problem for Scotland, not the answer. This Nationalist beast, in sum, is a relatively cuddly one, well primed to begin stowing Treasury bones in its kennel. Their power in Edinburgh will be the power to put the wind up London and get the money trains rolling north.
Nationalism can, sure enough, be a force for pure evil.
It can spill into the demented racism of nail bombs along Brick Lane or the sickness of ethnic cleansing. It can be terrorism in Belfast or Bilbao. It can be a Kurdish struggle without end, or a velvet divorce. But, as the lost 20 per cent attest, they are all part of the political game. Edinburgh's parliament and Gordon's groat are part of the game, too - and the game goes on.