JOHN Swinney's assertion the Scottish Government would not have to apply for membership of the European Union but simply negotiate terms while Scotland remained part of the UK after a yes vote has been branded "ridiculous".
Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, said the Finance Secretary's argument was like other Nationalist ones, which said with independence "nothing really changes – you keep the Queen, you keep the pound, any British institution that people in Scotland like somehow is retained; now they are saying Scotland can vote to become independent but not become independent; it's a ridiculous argument".
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