The Scotsman Cartoon: Scottish independence

Illustration: Iain GreenIllustration: Iain Green
Illustration: Iain Green
First Minister Alex Salmond and Better Together chief Alistair Darling squared off in the second of the televised debates on Scottish independence last night as the referendum draws ever closer.

Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz claimed there is ‘very little vision’ in the No campaign, and the Fiscal Affairs Scotland think-tank has claimed that Westminster could be convinced to share the pound with an independent Scotland.

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