Scottish independence: Yes campaign turns question around

Published on 18/08/2012 00:59

The chief executive of the independence campaign yesterday offered an alternative perspective on the constitutional issue by asking: “How many Scots would vote to join the Union if Scotland was still independent?”

Blair Jenkins posed the question at a debate at Queen Margaret University, where he said in such circumstances the overwhelming majority of Scots would vote “Yes” to remaining independent.

He said: “In that scenario, what would be the case for the Union? Your main parliament will move hundreds of miles away and your MPs will be in a small minority. You will have 
a government you didn’t vote for.

“You will hand over all your oil and gas revenues to the London Treasury.”