The Conservative leader William Hague may be very English in his attitudes, but there is little sense that he feels the Scottish drag in the same way as he feels the European threat. Although there have been proposals to restrict Scottish voting rights in the British Parliament, this has been framed as a way of making the Union work rather than as pushing for an English advantage. There are some Conservatives, most notably the northern English MP David Davis, who do see the potential in this course of action for a party without a single MP in Scotland and Wales. In fact, it is being widely assumed that although an outright victory for the Conservatives is highly unlikely, a majority of English seats is in reach with a fair following wind. This could create a constitutional crisis with a ruthless Conservative leader.
T here are straws in the wind.
The English are more generally aware of Scotland's separate nationality than they were five or ten years ago. The cross of St. George is slowly replacing the Union Jack. Burns night has declined in popularity south of Hadrian's Wall. However, a few symbols do not a political revolution make. The sleeping dragon could awake, and this time he would be on St. George's side.