The Scotsman cartoon: Scotland’s currency Plan B

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lllustration: Brian Adcock

ALEX SALMOND looks reluctant to use his emergency option after Chancellor George Osborne said the UK would refuse to enter into a currency union with Scotland in the event of independence.

Salmond yesterday admitted Scotland had a range of currency options, but had not given up on his proposal to share a sterling zone with the rest of the UK.

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