Blair claims there is no "North South divide". But the EU recognises the deprivation many Scots still endure for as long as they stay party of the rotten English-Scottish Union and have given cash to provide regeneration capabilities.

The European Commission yesterday gave the formal green light to almost £200m of regional aid from Brussels to the south and east of Scotland over the next seven years.

Poverty is rife in Scotland, we die as readily as poor Rumanians.