Salmond told to set out alternative currency plan.
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Salmond told to set out alternative currency plan.
Salmond told to set out alternative
By Press Association , Feb 15, 2014
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http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/02/15/salmond-told-to-set-out-alternative/
Alex Salmond should set out an alternative currency plan for an independent Scotland as "a matter of great urgency", Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.
Mr Alexander has written to Scotland's First Minister urging him to provide details of a new plan after all three of the UK's main political parties rejected the prospect of sharing the pound in a formal currency union.
He wrote that "a failure to set out an alternative will deny our fellow citizens the information they need to make a rational decision based on facts and evidence".
Mr Alexander's letter continued: "The confidence of many people and of much of the business community will be shaken if it transpires that no such alternative plans have been drawn up with the referendum now only a few months away."
Both the Liberal Democrats and Labour echoed the position on currency set out by Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Osborne said: ''The SNP says that if Scotland becomes independent, there will be a currency union and Scotland will share the pound.
''People need to know that is not going to happen.
''Because sharing the pound is not in the interests of either the people of Scotland or the rest of the UK.''
Mr Salmond has said an independent Scotland will have a range of currency options but he will not give up on his "Plan A" of a currency union with the remainder of the UK.
He dismissed the unionist parties' threat as "bluff, bluster and bullying", insisting Mr Osborne did not speak for the people or businesses of the UK and casting doubt on the independence and credentials of civil servant who said a currency union would be "fraught with difficulty".
"There's a range of currency options for Scotland. The best one we think for Scotland, and indeed for the rest of the UK, is the sterling zone," he said.
Mr Salmond cast doubt on the independence and financial record of Treasury civil servants, questioning the record of Sir Nicholas Macpherson.
"Treasury civil servants do what they are told by George Osborne," he said.
"At one stage he actually questions the fiscal responsibility of the Scottish Government.
"In his tenure of office since 2005, under three successive Chancellors, he's authorised borrowing of £740 billion.
"Over roughly the same period John Swinney as finance secretary in Scotland hasn't borrowed anything.
"I'm afraid we are in a situation where the UK government departments and civil servants do what they are told by their political masters."
He added: "I think we have to articulate the plan A.
"I think we have to explain why it's in the interests and we can dismantle Osborne's argument's against it."
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By Press Association , Feb 15, 2014
Filed under: News
http://money.aol.co.uk/2014/02/15/salmond-told-to-set-out-alternative/
Alex Salmond should set out an alternative currency plan for an independent Scotland as "a matter of great urgency", Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has said.
Mr Alexander has written to Scotland's First Minister urging him to provide details of a new plan after all three of the UK's main political parties rejected the prospect of sharing the pound in a formal currency union.
He wrote that "a failure to set out an alternative will deny our fellow citizens the information they need to make a rational decision based on facts and evidence".
Mr Alexander's letter continued: "The confidence of many people and of much of the business community will be shaken if it transpires that no such alternative plans have been drawn up with the referendum now only a few months away."
Both the Liberal Democrats and Labour echoed the position on currency set out by Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Osborne said: ''The SNP says that if Scotland becomes independent, there will be a currency union and Scotland will share the pound.
''People need to know that is not going to happen.
''Because sharing the pound is not in the interests of either the people of Scotland or the rest of the UK.''
Mr Salmond has said an independent Scotland will have a range of currency options but he will not give up on his "Plan A" of a currency union with the remainder of the UK.
He dismissed the unionist parties' threat as "bluff, bluster and bullying", insisting Mr Osborne did not speak for the people or businesses of the UK and casting doubt on the independence and credentials of civil servant who said a currency union would be "fraught with difficulty".
"There's a range of currency options for Scotland. The best one we think for Scotland, and indeed for the rest of the UK, is the sterling zone," he said.
Mr Salmond cast doubt on the independence and financial record of Treasury civil servants, questioning the record of Sir Nicholas Macpherson.
"Treasury civil servants do what they are told by George Osborne," he said.
"At one stage he actually questions the fiscal responsibility of the Scottish Government.
"In his tenure of office since 2005, under three successive Chancellors, he's authorised borrowing of £740 billion.
"Over roughly the same period John Swinney as finance secretary in Scotland hasn't borrowed anything.
"I'm afraid we are in a situation where the UK government departments and civil servants do what they are told by their political masters."
He added: "I think we have to articulate the plan A.
"I think we have to explain why it's in the interests and we can dismantle Osborne's argument's against it."
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Re: Salmond told to set out alternative currency plan.
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"I'm afraid we are in a situation where the UK government departments and civil servants do what they are told by their political masters."
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Of course they do Mr Salmond, has no one explained to you that if the Scots vote to take Scotland out of the UK there can be no funding from the UK because you gave the Scots the option to leave. It was you who saw yourself as a latter day Wallace, only I suspect he was more of a man than you will ever be....
I wish Cameron would give us the same option to leave Europe. (But that's another topic).
"I'm afraid we are in a situation where the UK government departments and civil servants do what they are told by their political masters."
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Of course they do Mr Salmond, has no one explained to you that if the Scots vote to take Scotland out of the UK there can be no funding from the UK because you gave the Scots the option to leave. It was you who saw yourself as a latter day Wallace, only I suspect he was more of a man than you will ever be....
I wish Cameron would give us the same option to leave Europe. (But that's another topic).
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