Mrs Leadsom was at it again last Thursday. The leader of the House of Commons responded in her usual fashion to the admittedly usual question from her shadow on the Scottish Nationalist benches.
I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his, as ever, rather witty, if a little misguided, contribution. The fundamental problem is that his party does not believe in abiding by the result of referendums, whereas the Conservative party does. We had a referendum in 2016, and we are determined to deliver on the result by leaving the EU; Scotland had a referendum in 2014 and, regardless of whether it has another one, the SNP will abide by it only if it gets the result it wants.
Mrs L. never explains why the Conservatives do not abide by the result (a two-thirds vote in favour of "Remain") of the 1975 referendum but believe that the narrow verdict of 2016 should be cast in stone. She also does not concede that one of the main reasons that the Scots voted "No" in 2014 was that they were threatened with expulsion from the EU if they voted for Independence. At least she did not say "absolutely" or "clear" this time; perhaps her resolve is weakening.
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