ALISTAIR Darling has launched a withering attack on SNP plans to keep the pound and create a currency union with the UK if Scots vote for independence in 2014.
ALISTAIR Darling has launched a withering attack on SNP plans to keep the pound and create a currency union with the UK if Scots vote for independence in 2014.
CAST ADRIFT: Alistair Darling warned Scots could no longer claim British culture as their own if they left the UK. Picture: Mark Mainz
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Magnus Gardham Political Editor
The former Chancellor, now head of the pro-UK Better Together campaign, warned there were no guarantees the Nationalists' scheme would be accepted and, if it was, would come with "massive strings attached".
In his most comprehensive critique of SNP policy to date, he also questioned its claims on EU membership and warned Scots could no longer claim British culture as their own if they left the UK, declaring: "British music will no longer be our music."
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