The Conservatives should embrace a yes vote for Scottish independence now | Simon Jenkins

Britain has fought many wars over self-determination, so independence for Scotland should not be treated as a privilege

This could be the year that Great Britain comes to an end. The prospect is historically momentous. Yet it is one that appears to evoke nothing more than a yawn from most English people. The reason, I assume, is that to them it does not much matter. They have moved on from such things.

We tend to forget that the confederacy to which most of us owe loyalty – the United...