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Rolling blog: referendum launch day

A blow-by-blow account of events as they unfold at Holyrood and Edinburgh Castle.

Alex Salmond addresses the press conference. Photo: Gordon Terris

Alex Salmond today launched the Scottish Government's consultation paper on the independence referendum.

He unveiled the 81-page document at the Scottish Parliament and was then attending a press conference in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle.