THE UK Government has been accused of a "dereliction of duty" for not drawing up contingency plans for Britain's armed forces, including the future of the nuclear deterrent, in the event of Scotland becoming independent.
Lord West of Spithead, the former First Sea Lord who served as a Defence Minister in Gordon Brown's government, also told the House of Lords Economic Committee that were Scotland to become independent, then it would still, to all intents and purposes, be defended by the UK.
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