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Danny Alexander on Scottish independence, income tax, Nick Clegg and George Osborne

An interview with the coalition’s senior Scot

21 June 2014

8:00 AM

21 June 2014

8:00 AM

Danny Alexander doesn’t suntan well, but he looks more freckly than normal when we meet in HM Treasury.  He’s just back from the seaside town of Nairn in the Highlands, where, as the most senior Scot in the Cabinet, he’s been sent to fight in the front line of the Battle for Britain.

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