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Alistair Darling: Alex Salmond Would Make Scotland An 'Economic Pariah'

2013-05-22T08:59:39Z

Alex Salmond would turn an independent Scotland into an "economic pariah", former chancellor Alistair Darling has warned.

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Read more: Scotland, Scottish Independence, Scottish National Party, Alistair Darling, UK News, Snp, Nicola Sturgeon, UK Politics News

Alistair Darling: Salmond's Default Position Bankrupts His Credibility

2013-05-22T10:04:48Z

Salmond thinks that suggesting a debt free start is good politics, but people understand there are consequences. If you declare yourself bankrupt you don't start anew with a fresh slate, your bad credit history follows you around for the rest of your life. The consequences for borrowing, business and mortgages would be dire.

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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland Has Every Right to Be Confident About Our Economic Prospects

2013-05-21T19:00:00Z

Scotland not only has massive economic strengths - we are financially strong too. This impressive track record in innovation, our wealth of natural resources and skilled workforce means that Scotland has every right to be confident about our economic prospects as an independent country.

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Salmond: Scotland Would Be Just Fine On Its Own

2013-05-21T07:57:08Z

Scotland's prosperity is being "held up" by being part of the United Kingdom, Alex Salmond has claimed.

The First Minister has published a paper sh...

Read more: Scottish Independence, Poll, UK News, Snp, Independence Referendum, Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, UK Politics, UK News

Mehdi's Morning Memo: Dave's Love Letter To The Loons

2013-05-21T02:01:12Z

Then ten things you need to know on Tuesday 21 May 2013...

1) DAVE'S LOVE LETTER TO THE LOONS

Under fire from his activists and backbenchers, un...

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Jasdev Singh Rai: U Keep UKIP

2013-05-18T16:09:33Z

But this entire idea of breaking from Europe and going solo lacks realism. How will UK single compete in a tough economic world on its own. Ukip is harking back to grandiose days of the Empire.

Read more: European Union, Immigration, British Empire, English Nationalism, Ukip, EU Referendum, UK Issues, Farrage, Scottish Independence, UK Politics News

Farage's Scotland's Visit Ukip's 'Pish' Mocked In Scots Ballad

2013-05-19T10:55:02Z

One of the musicians who runs a singing club in Canons' Gait, the pub in which Nigel Farage was locked after being mobbed by angry protesters in Edinb...

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'If This Is The Face Of Scottish Nationalism, It's A Pretty Ugly Picture'

2013-05-17T05:05:27Z

Nigel Farage has condemned the protesters who confronted him on the streets of Edinburgh, forcing him to take refuge in a pub.

The Ukip leader was ...

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Sara Sheridan: Who Do You Think You Are?

2013-05-13T10:15:13Z

I have to admit to a certain amount of confusion of late. I was asked recently by a friend 'what' I considered myself. I live in Scotland and here, in the run up to the referendum on independence next autumn, most people are trying to figure out, in essence, if they're more Scottish than British or vice versa.

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Scottish Independence Will Help The Tories, Labour Warns

2013-05-13T05:10:13Z

Scottish independence could cement the Conservative Party's hold on Westminster, according to Labour.

Scottish deputy leader Anas Sarwar said indep...

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Scottish Independence Would 'Damage' UK Reputation

2013-05-01T03:44:57Z

Scottish independence would "inevitably" damage the UK's international reputation and the Foreign Office must take action before the referendum to lim...

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Martin Wilding Davies: Virtual Currency Would Give Scots Virtual Independence

2013-04-30T06:12:02Z

Last week's opening skirmish in Scotland's War of Independence exposed a flaw in the nationalist battle plan that the unionists were quick to exploit: an independent Scotland would continue to use the Great British pound, irrespective of threats from Westminster.

Read more: Scottish Independence, Scottish Referendum, Virtual Currency, Complimentary Currency, Scottish Currency, Demurrage, UK Politics News

Gregg McClymont: SNP in Denial on What Separation Means for Scots Pensions

2013-04-29T12:31:09Z

Scots deserve answers on how their pensions will be protected if we leave the UK and the cost of doing so.

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Scott Dickson: Salmond Has Got a Hard Sell Ahead of Him

2013-04-26T07:27:45Z

Independence is a simple thing really. The ability to do as one pleases without outside interference. True, no country is truly independent in today's globalized world. But it is fallacious for Salmond is lead a vanguard suggesting independence would bring radical change to Scotland.

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Andrew Smith: Bought and Sold? Campaign Finance and the Scottish Referendum

2013-04-26T13:30:55Z

From a campaigning perspective big donations will always be welcome, but they alone can't ensure victory. The polls have been static on independence for some time, but with 18 months to go it's still all to play for.

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LISTEN: Unionist Campaign Think Scotland Are 'Poor, Stupid And Incapable'

2013-04-27T06:10:39Z

The Scottish Nationalist Party's leader in Westminster has branded the campaign against Scottish independence as being based on the feeling that the S...

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Jeremy Cook: Uncertainty a Major Currency in Scottish Independence Debate

2013-04-24T04:14:03Z

The truth is that a new national currency would be an entirely unappealing prospect, but the options outside of that scenario are hardly appealing either. It's going to be one of the key issues that the people of Scotland will have to think hard about, before the big vote in 2014.

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Could An Independent Scotland Keep The Pound?

2013-04-23T03:01:42Z

George Osborne has cast doubt on whether Scotland would be able to keep the pound as its currency if it becomes independent.

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Nash Riggins: Scottish Lawmakers Jump at Another Chance to Argue Over Nothing

2013-04-18T08:53:14Z

This week, Scotland's lawmakers are sitting down to stage a debate on the legacy of Britain's first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher - carving yet another notch into the Scottish Parliament's already prolific belt that celebrates the body's obsession with utterly pointless parliamentary procedure.

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MP Appeals £23.90 Expenses Claim, Costs Taxpayer £27,000

2013-04-15T04:13:36Z

The taxpayer has been saddled with a £27,000 legal bill after Labour MP Jim McGovern decided to appeal a decision to deny him the right to claim a £...

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'Fanciful' For Independent Scotland To Maintain Influence Over Bank Of England

2013-04-10T05:33:49Z

The Scottish government's ambition to maintain influence over the Bank of England after independence has been scoffed at by a House of Lords committee...

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Neil Scott: Bury Thatcherism

2013-04-09T05:38:13Z

I spoke at a Yes (for Scottish Independence) meeting last night and found it really difficult to speak thinking of how that old woman was looked after in the Ritz hotel in her dying days because"it gave the best care," while generations of my family have died in ward beds, in pain, and worrying that they were a burden

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Andrew Smith: The Choice Facing Scotland Is Changing, and So Must the Debate

2013-03-26T20:39:53Z

As the debate in Scotland rumbles on the SNP and the wider YES campaign are promoting the message that the only way to get change is to vote YES, and that the union is stubborn and impossible to reform without splitting it in its entirety. It's a widespread view, and it usually only takes a few minutes of debating devolution in cyber space before someone gives you the 'jam tomorrow' line, but is it really true?

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Scottish Benefit Cuts 'Could Cost 17,000'

2013-03-24T13:26:06Z

The cut to Scottish benefits will be nearly twice as high as UK government estimates and could result in 17,000 job cuts, according to the deputy firs...

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Could There Ever Be A TV Debate On The Scottish Referendum?

2013-03-23T16:59:11Z

Political leaders should go head to head in televised debates on the implications of independence, competing polls suggest.

The pro-union Better To...

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