The unionist parties have started their defense of the union. Danny Alexander & Micheal Moore, both Scottish LibDem MP's have made speeches this week on the value of the Union.
I have not been able to read their speeches in full and so have had to relay on newspaper reports. From these, it seems as if the same old arguments are being trotted out. Is it the correct way to defend the union, by attack independence and Scotland's ability to be an independent nation? As the Guardian today put it "Alexander said it would have been "catastrophic" for Scotland to deal with a collapsing banking sector had it not been part of the UK and said that if it had stood alone "Scotland's deficit would have been one of the largest in Europe"."
I have not been able to read their speeches in full and so have had to relay on newspaper reports. From these, it seems as if the same old arguments are being trotted out. Is it the correct way to defend the union, by attack independence and Scotland's ability to be an independent nation? As the Guardian today put it "Alexander said it would have been "catastrophic" for Scotland to deal with a collapsing banking sector had it not been part of the UK and said that if it had stood alone "Scotland's deficit would have been one of the largest in Europe"."
