Alex Salmond News
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Relocating Britain’s nuclear missiles from Scotland in the event of the country winning independence could take “a generation,” said Malcolm Rifkind, chairman of the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Committee.
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Support for Scottish independence crumbled as most people said they had made up their minds before next year’s referendum, according to a poll published today.
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Wind farms will no longer be allowed in Scotland’s wildest countryside and will have to be built farther from villages, towns and cities under restrictions proposed by the Scottish government.
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The British government closed the door to a formal agreement with Scotland for its continued use of the pound if it votes to become independent next year, citing the tumult in the 17-nation euro region during the debt crisis.
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The politicians seeking independence for Scotland say the North Sea oil industry is on the cusp of another boom. Their price estimate makes them among the most bullish forecasters.
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Alex Salmond likes to recite the tale his grandfather told about his hometown of Linlithgow ousting English occupiers from the local castle in the 14th century.
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Bob Young’s strongest memory of Margaret Thatcher’s time in power is the brown envelope he received in March 1985 two days before he was due back at work after the yearlong miners’ strike.
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Support for Scottish independence declined as more people said they were undecided ahead of next year’s referendum, according to a poll published today.
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For 44 years, the U.K. has stored its nuclear weapons in western Scotland. It now could be faced with finding the Trident missiles in a foreign country should Scottish nationalists win their bid for independence.
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On London’s Downing Street, home of British prime ministers and at Buckingham Palace, the flags flew at half staff today honoring the death of “a great leader,” in the words of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative successor, Prime Minister David Cameron.
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