Thomas Jefferson, founding father and 3rd president of the USA, is credited with saying “The government you elect is the government you deserve.”

England is a conservative country and has elected a Conservative government so, for England at least, we have the government we deserve. The same cannot be said of Scotland, which is now predominantly represented by the Scottish Nationalist Party, a militant and socialist organisation diametrically opposed to English conservatism.

The implications for the new government are clear, do nothing and Scotland will inevitably head towards independence causing the UK to collapse. To preserve the UK, changes will have to be made by either giving Scotland further devolved powers or by altering the whole set up of the UK and creating a US style federation. None of this must be funded or underwritten by the English taxpayer and this has to be driven home to the Scottish Nationalist Party leadership.

Talking of which, Alex Salmond, the former Scottish Nationalist Party leader, stated this morning that “the Scottish lion has roared”. Maybe, but I would hope that Parliament’s other members, outnumbering his party by 12 to 1, will convert that roar to a mew. I doubt it though and  I think we had better prepare ourselves for five years of whingeing and disruption by the Scottish Nationalists until they get what they want.