David Starkey's description of Scotland as "feeble little country" during a television broadcast last month elicited a predictable barrage of condemnation from that category of people (whose like is sadly to be found amongst all nations and cultures) for whom the taking of offence is both a cherished pastime and a primary political tool. The nature and source of the backlash - or perhaps backwhinge - will have delighted the...

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