Hostility to his idea voiced at the LibDem conference in Dunfermline means the First Minister will not have enough support to pass a bill at Holyrood.
Mr Salmond’s flagship policy was to have a vote on breaking up the Union late next year.
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LibDem hostility sinks independence bill
ALEX Salmond’s last hopes of a 2010 independence referendum evaporated last night after Liberal Democrat activists refused to support it.
