IF ever there was a week to think yourself into the minds of others it is this week. Out there in Scotland, there are literally tens of thousands of people who voted No in 2014 because they thought we are Better Together who now realise that this is not true, that they were lied to and are working out what to do about it.

As the BBC’s Scotland editor Sarah Smith wrote this week: “I am struck by how frequently I hear people all over the country saying that they have now changed their minds and would vote for independence if there was another referendum”.

If ever there was a week that demonstrated that the UK and its political system is not fit for purpose this was it. In a very British coup, the Tories who promised not to railroad Parliament have sidelined Westminster. Only a few weeks ago senior British ministers were adamant it would be an outrage to prorogue Parliament, limiting the opportunity for the democratic system to deal with No-Deal Brexit.

England's Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the idea of suspending Parliament “goes against everything those men who waded onto those beaches fought and died for – and I will not have it”. He also said saying that “England is the mother of all parliaments – respected as such around the free world ... To suspend Parliament explicitly to pursue a course of action against its wishes is not a serious policy of a prime minister in the 21st century”.

Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd described the suspending of Parliament as “absolutely outrageous ... the idea of leaving the EU to take back more control into Parliament and to consider the idea of closing Parliament to do that is the most extraordinary idea I’ve ever heard”. She added: “It is a ridiculous suggestion to consider proroguing Parliament. For a start it would involve approaching the Queen and nobody should consider doing that.”

Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid, was vehemently opposed to shutting down Parliament only a few weeks ago, during the Tory leadership campaign, saying: “You don’t deliver on democracy by trashing democracy ... we are not selecting a dictator of our country."

The senior UK Government minister for delivering Brexit, Michael Gove, was also against suspending Parliament. Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show, he said: “I think it will be wrong for many reasons. I think it would not be true to the best traditions of British democracy."

His view was shared by the international trade secretary and key spokesperson for Boris Johnson. She said that the idea of suspending Parliament was an “archaic manoeuvre” that BoJo had already ruled out. “He wants to bring Parliament with him,” she said. When asked by the BBC’s Emily Maitlis: “He’s definitely ruling out proroguing or suspending Parliament, is that right?” Truss answered: “That’s right.”

Meanwhile, Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan appeared on television and claimed that proroguing Parliament was “clearly a mad suggestion ... You cannot say you are going to take back control … and then go: ‘Oh, by the way, we are just going to shut Parliament down for a couple of months, so we are just going to drift out on a No Deal’”.

Brexit hardliner Andrea Leadsom pledged she wouldn’t support suspending Parliament and predicted it wouldn’t happen: “No I don’t believe I would and I don’t believe it would happen.”

What a difference a week makes. This hard-Brexit UK Government that promised that Westminster would "take back control" from Brussels will close down Parliament for weeks in the middle of the biggest constitutional crisis in living memory.

The timing of Ruth Davidson to stand down as Scottish Tory leader was impeccable. Unlikely to ever be elected first minister, she has opted to concentrate on being FM (Finn’s Mum) to her baby boy, something I wish her every success in.

Now all of the leading Better Together advocates have retired from front line politics. In the week when every single Scottish Tory asked to appear on BBC Radio Scotland refused, even they must clearly know the scale of the mess they have created.

If you were a No voter in 2014 you must be asking yourself if this is as good as it gets. You were lied to and mislead by the Better Together campaign. They said vote No to stay in the EU, but we’re now being taken out against our will. They said Boris Johnson would not become Prime Minister. He has. They said the UK is a “family of nations” based on a “respect agenda”. It is not.

If you were a No voter in 2014 and are now reconsidering your vote against Scottish independence, you are in good company. There are many people like you.

Let us work together to deliver a better Scotland that is fairer, wealthier and outward looking.