article_snippet.sent: his former Scottish Secretary said talking up the threat posed by the SNP was 'short-term and dangerous'.
article_snippet.sent: That is no way to run a country, and nor is it remotely fair to England, Wales and Northern Ireland. '
article_snippet.sent: At the very moment a country needs a strong and stable government, a country risk a weak and unstable one – pushed to the left by a country allies, and open to a daily dose of political blackmail.'
article_snippet.sent: But that is a short-term and dangerous view which threatens the integrity of a country.'
article_snippet.sent: He said Mr Cameron's call for 'English votes for English laws' in the aftermath of last year's Scottish independence referendum vote had 'shattered the unionist alliance against the break-up of the United Kingdom'.
article_snippet.sent: JAMES SLACK examines the consequences for the rest of the UKthe UK: .
article_snippet.sent: The damage to the Union caused by The Scottish Nationalists foisting policies on the English which have no impact on The Scottish Nationalists constituents (the Scots NHS is Scottish-run) could be irreparable.