Referendum News

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  First blow to Darling as Yes campaign launched

  ALISTAIR Darling has made the first major assault of the No campaign against independence by seeking to spike the guns of Alex Salmond's glittering Yes Scotland launch today.

• Labour to attack SNP over euro backing

  LABOUR are planning to attack the SNP over Europe in the run-up to the independence referendum, by reminding voters of nationalist enthusiasm for the euro.

• Yes Scotland heading for a right Royal bust-up as SSP break ranks

  A FUNDAMENTAL split over the monarchy is already threatening to undermine the launch of the independence Yes campaign, the Sunday Herald can reveal.

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  Scots Tories told PM to press for early poll date

  DAVID Cameron faced further embarrassment over the date of the independence referendum after the Scottish Conservatives' official submission to the UK Government's consultation called for the poll to be held by October 2013.

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  Scots Tories' anger over Cameron poll date U-turn

  SCOTTISH Tories last night accused David Cameron of undermining the party's leader north of the Border after the Prime Minister's U-turn on the independence referendum date.

• When Alex Salmond met Craig Ferguson

  An independent Scotland would retain the "firmest and strongest" of bonds with the US, the First Minister has told a chat show in the country.

• Cameron accepts 2014 vote on independence

  DAVID Cameron last night publicly caved in on the date of the Scottish independence referendum, paving the way for Alex Salmond to get his wish for it to be held in the autumn of 2014.

• Campaign to save UK to avoid 'Union' tag

  THE word "Union" will not feature in the title of the cross-party campaign against Scottish independence.

• Tory peer to back Scots exit from UK

  Tory peer Lord Fraser of Carmylie will take part in a public debate in London next month backing the motion that "It's time to let Scotland go".

• Galloway calls for second question on referendum

  GEORGE Galloway last night came out in favour of a second question on the independence referendum ballot paper, saying Scotland should have "full economic powers short of secession".

• Sir Tom: Stop the scare stories over referendum

  BILLIONAIRE businessman Sir Tom Hunter has stepped into the independence referendum debate, warning politicians to stop scaremongering.

• Labour and SNP in regiments row

  LABOUR and the SNP have clashed over Scotland's historic regiments after the Nationalists claimed independence would secure their future.