Is this is the real reason, Alex Salmond wants Scotland to be Independent?

Salmond currency plan dismissed by top bankers, Scottish Daily Express

They believe Mr Salmond’s claim that “nothing much will change” and the pound will stay after a “Yes” is a “huge deception”.

“The best way to keep the pound would be through a currency union like today,” said Sir Martin Jacomb, former chairman of Prudential, and Sir Andrew Large, former deputy governor of the Bank of England. This is not compatible with Scotland being politically independent, and is therefore not on offer,”

The robust intervention by two of the UK’s top bankers came as stock market analysts warned millions could be wiped off companies if Scots vote Yes.

The Tories, Labour and the Lib Dems have told Mr Salmond that there would be no currency union, but he dismissed that as “bluff and bluster.”

Jacomb and Large said: “Alex Salmond claims that nothing much will change, that threats otherwise are a bluff and would keep the pound sterling.

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Flag-waving protesters block London road tunnel with dozens of cars in 'Free Palestine' rally, Daily Mail

Tower Hamlets,  Palestine Flag 

·        Drivers parked cars and honked horns shouting 'Free free Palestine' 

·        Cars blocking Blackwall tunnel in east London were graffitied with 'Gaza'

·        Tunnel connects Greenwich with Muslim community of Tower Hamlets

·        Came days before Tower Hamlets mayor raised Palestine flag at town hall

·        Tory councillor in area warns community is 'being radicalised'

Protesters filmed themselves blocking a London road with dozens of parked cars as they called for Israel to relinquish its grip on Gaza amid concerns the community is becoming 'radicalised' 

Drivers parked their cars, honked their horns and shouted 'free free Palestine', bringing the major commuter route in east London to a standstill. 

Local councillors claim the footage is the latest cause for concern that the community is becoming 'radicalised' and 'one-sided'.

The demonstration took place on July 20 in the Blackwall tunnel which connects Greenwich in south London with Tower Hamlets, an east London borough with a large Muslim population, police confirmed.

The footage of parked cars covered in Palestinian flags and the word 'Gaza' emerged on YouTube early this week and has been shared on Facebook more than 6,000 times.  

It is unclear how long the tunnel remained blocked during the incident.

It came just days before Tower Hamlets's Muslim mayor sparked outrage by raising the Palestinian flag outside the town hall.

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