Well I am far from his biggest fan but credit where it is due.

The fact this has been allowed to go on at all is astounding. No other country would ever allow this to even happen to start with. Basically, the SNP over the past few years have opened offices overseas acting as shadow/proxy Embassies, of course a total waste of money given there is no Scottish (or English, Welsh and Northern Irish) foreign policy, there is only British foreign policy.

But clearly what the SNP have been doing, aside from wasting taxpayers cash on this, is seeking to undermine national foreign policy. Last year it was mandated that any meetings Scottish govt officials had with foreign counterparts, they had to be accompanied in those meetings by Foreign and Commonwealth officials - such as the concern as to what they are up to.

So well done Dave on this one.