Saturday, 9 August 2014

'We have no plan B': Alex Salmond admits he has no back-up plan if an independent Scotland was not allowed to keep the pound. Daily Mail

No Plan B: Mr Salmond hinted that not keeping the pound would be like settling for second best

  First Minister made admission in an open letter to voters in today's Sun
  'It implies settling for second best', he said, insisting Scots can keep pound
  But his plan is contested by all three main political parties in Westminster
  Ed Miliband reveals he will campaign against currency union in 2015 election

Alex Salmond has admitted there is no acceptable 'Plan B' if an independent Scotland is barred from using the British pound. The First Minister said dropping the pound 'implies settling for what's second best' - but still insisted there will be a deal on a currency union with the rest of the UK.

His admission came in an open letter to voters setting out why he has not yielded to calls to disclose a back-up plan, if his favoured option of sharing the pound and the Bank of England fails.

The letter, published in the Sun, declared: 'It is revealing that our opponents in the No camp like to talk about a "Plan B" on currency.

'It's revealing because it says it all about what they think of Scotland.
'Plan B implies settling for what's second best. And neither myself, my colleagues in the SNP, or the wider Yes campaign will ever settle for second best for Scotland.


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