The SNP join the UUP in Dave's all-inclusive vision of a sort of Union

Remember what I said about our "best" troops refusing to fight?

But Cameron is also pragmatic: he understands that the Tories stand no chance of winning the argument in Scotland for the union, least of all against an opponent as formidable as Alex Salmond.

That's the True Brit spirit....rolling up the white flag before the battle's even begun.

That is why, I can reveal, allies of Cameron have entered into informal talks with the SNP over recent months.

Their objective is to save the union by working out a new kind of constitutional settlement for Scotland.

Details are sketchy, but it is possible to indicate the main outlines.

An incoming Tory administration would need to meet Alex Salmond's demands that the Scottish Parliament should have massive new powers over taxation and public spending.

In domestic terms, a Scottish administration would be entirely self-governing and have complete command over economic policy.

And yet the union could be maintained through the retention of shared armed forces, and foreign policy, and the monarchy.

Another convenient leak to test the Tory grassroot's reaction?
If so, then Dave get rest easy, it would appear from the lack of any meaningful opposition that a nice inoffensive dash of yellow will be soon joining the traditional Conservative red, white and blue.