Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore.

Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.

The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.

Let us put the normal divisions of politics aside. Let us come together as one country; let us seize this historic moment to shift the balance of power from the corridors of Westminster to the streets and communities of Scotland.

People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.

The truth of the matter is that countries the world over have deficits. Let us remember this about Scotland's deficit: it was not created in an independent Scotland; it was created on Westminster's watch.