But Salmond the magician's dazzle has not pulled those crucial rabbits out of his hat. Not on tax and spending, on the currency union which he wants (but rUK does not), on Scotland's relations with an EU which does not want this aggro.

The aura may, in fact, linger around objects or places and that lingering energy is what an empath senses and intuits.

This is a hale and hearty dish, filled with beef, potatoes and carrots.

It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.