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The SNP still has no ‘plan B’ for Scotland’s economy

9 August 2024

8:15 PM

9 August 2024

8:15 PM

Scottish independence has always been economic lunacy, but rarely has that reality been exposed as well as by Alistair Darling. Ten years ago this week, the Better Together chief faced off against the then SNP leader Alex Salmond, quizzing the former first minister about what he would do if the UK government refused to let Scotland use the pound post-secession.

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