‘Case for Scottish independence as real as Nessie’

THERE is more evidence for the Loch Ness monster than for key parts of the Scottish Government’s case for independence, the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has claimed.

The image of the Loch Ness Monster that still fuels speculation. Picture: Contributed

The comment was part of an attempt to debunk “myths” put forward by the SNP administration on oil revenues, currency union and wider finances, Danny Alexander told an audience of business people in Edinburgh.

“There is actually one Scottish myth I cannot adisprove,” the Highland MP said.

“She’s about 40-foot long, publicity-shy and she lives in my constituency.

“In short, there is more evidence for the Loch Ness monster than there is for many of the calculations and the claims that have been put forward by the nationalists to support their case for separation.”