Saturday, 12 January 2013 20:47

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The Scottish National Party has challenged Labour to outline its own vision for the transition of Faslane from a nuclear to a conventional naval base, or risk its claim to support multilateral disarmament becoming completely meaningless.

The SNP also attacked what it described as “Labour’s half-hearted and token support for nuclear disarmament” arguing that independence is the only way of ridding Scotland of nuclear weapons.

Saturday, 12 January 2013 08:49

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The chairman of the Better Together campaign against Scottish independence has said that it would be “desirable” and “logical” for an independent Scotland to keep the pound.

In an interview with Gordon Brewer on Thursday’s Newsnight Scotland programme, Alastair Darling said that a currency union between Scotland and the rest of the UK would be the best available option for both parties.

Thursday, 10 January 2013 22:54

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First Minister Alex Salmond has been cleared of breaching the Ministerial Code after a row over whether he had lied about seeking EU advice on the membership of an independent Scotland in the EU.
 
In a judgement released today, principal of Reading University, Sir David Bell cleared Mr Salmond after the First Minister referred himself for investigation following a complaint by Labour MEP Catherine Stihler.