The poor don't yearn for fish and chips. They want a future

Politicians aiming for the common touch with populist metaphors always fail. No one on a low income wants spending advice

Fish and chips is dangerous territory for politicians. Someone really should have told that to whoever at the Treasury thought it was a good idea to put out a list of 12 ways Scots could spend the £1,400 they would supposedly save by voting against independence.

The examples – such as fish and chips every day for 10 weeks "with a couple of portions of mushy peas thrown in" and "watch Aberdeen play all season with two mates – with a few pies and Bovrils thrown in for good measure" – were of course quickly decried as patronising by the SNP. It also rejected the £1,400 figure.

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