Barnett and Scottish hubris

One of the open secrets in politics is the deep resentment the Scots hold towards the English. There are many groups and subsections within the United Kingdom which if we examined these groups we would find that the Kingdom was far from United.
Groups within Northern Ireland, sections of Central Wales and of course since the Scottish Referendum, which only narrowly voted against self rule, there is a strong sense of Scottish Nationalism which is openly advocated by the clear majority in the Scottish Parliament led by the Scottish National Party the SNP.
Given that Westminster devolved many powers to the Scots, it is felt that whilst English Parliamentarians can not vote in the Scotish Parliament, the SNP having over 60 parliamentarians who sit in Westminster, each has an equal vote to his/her English counterpart. The same goes for Ireland and also for Wales and it was argued last year that on certain bills which only concerned the English there would be a veto by the English ensuring that the Scots Irish and Welsh couldn't pilot a vote against the interests of the English. Westminster have devolved the powers to these countries with the explicit reason to limit the English so they couldn't control what went on in each devolved country.
It's been a fairly long overview and for those of you who are still awake and the reason I mention it is that I have been listening to the Scottish Committee who were, to a man and woman, sticking the boot into the right of the English who wish to level the playing field and have created a veto option on matters which only feature English matters.
I suppose it's good parliamentary knock about but it does get up ones nose to hear them bleating about a very very minor subjugation when week in week out, Nicola Sturgeon is threatening to leave the UK unless she obtains more powers.
Tribalism is never far below the surface and one wonders at the Barnett Arrangement whereby 85% of the Scottish Parliamentary Budget is allocated through it. It is a block grant and pays little attention to the actual needs of each country.
There are advocates for a new system of ensuring the allocation of resources to each devolved administration be based on an explicit examination of the actual relative needs. Under the present system the Scottish administration can be far more generous with our money on, for instance, tuition fees at University.
It's certainly galling to hear how cock-a-hoop they are in Scotland discussing their spending plans when in fact, now that the price of oil has plummeted, their own income has also fallen through the roof done and it's only the English taxpayer, through the blessed Barnett Formula which makes it possible for them to have a budget at all.