As the SNP’s decline continues we can expect more ill-judged rhetoric from them. Not least because they, like the nationalists gathering in London, believe that successfully creating rows on cultural and identity issues will distract voters from their record of failure. And man, do the SNP need a distraction right now. Look at the last 24 hours alone:

An SNP Minister admitted that it would be cheaper to scrap the second ferry at Ferguson’s and start again than it will be to finish it – but that they are going to spend the money on the ship anyway.

The outgoing Children and Young People’s Commissioner said that Nicola Sturgeon had failed in her supposed “personal mission” of improving the lives of children.

Prof Lindsay Patterson gave a damning verdict on the SNP’s education policy, including a wasted quarter of a century outside of international education studies (listen from 2hrs 33 mins here).

The Crown Office refused to comment on stories that they deliberately sat on the search warrant for Nicola Sturgeon’s house until after the SNP leadership election was over.

Huge volumes of sewage are being dumped into protected waters in Scotland, despite the SNP pretending it is an English problem.

Nine out of ten A&E nurses surveyed said they worried patients were receiving unsafe treatment in the NHS. A&E waiting times deteriorated with the winter crisis becoming a summer crisis.