David Miliband: Scotland can’t just “leave the UK on Friday, join the EU on Monday”
David Miliband yesterday warned an independent Scotland would have to “take its place in the queue” if it wanted to join the EU.
Scotland
“Financially illiterate”? Scottish Labour must do better
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest SNP/Labour row in Scotland – this time on corporation tax.
Brown: SNP’s “incoherent and ill thought out plans” play “Blankety Blank” with future
Gordon Brown this weekend re-entered the debate over Scottish independence by accusing the nationalists of playing “Blankety Blank” with the nation’s future.
Scomnishambles latest: Legal ding-dong on EU advice as Clegg wades in to Holyrood scrap
The UK and Scottish governments have turned down an offer from the EC to provide its legal advice over the status of an independent Scotland within the EU.
McLeish v Lamont: Ghost of Scottish Labour past gives leader a Halloween fright
Ed Jacobs reports on the latest wranglings in Scottish Labour as former leader Alex McLeish delivers a Halloween fright to current boss Johann Lamont.
Salmond goes AWOL as Labour attack “arrogance and contempt” of SNP leader
Alex Salmond was accused of “running scared” after he failed to show up for a debate on the SNP’s lack of legal advice on EU membership at Holyrood today.
Advice? What advice? Salmond finds himself in more hot water over EU ‘lies’
Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon found themselves embroiled deeper in the political storm on whether they sought legal advice over Scotland’s EU membership.
Darling: Salmond’s Scomnishambles a “defining” moment for independence debate
Alistair Darling waded into the debate on Alex Salmond’s shambolic screw-ups of the past week, labelling them a “defining” moment in the independence debate.
Salmondshambles: Wee Eck’s dark day becomes a bleak week
Alex Salmond’s dark day has become a week from Hell for the Scottish first minister, as the SNP’s independence campaign limps from one disaster to the next.
Salmond’s new separation strategy: Abandon the positive and pray for a Tory revival
Alex Salmond’s new separation strategy is to abandon the positive and pray for a Tory revival, writes shadow Scotland Office minister Willie Bain.