Scottish independence: Salmond ‘trying to engineer second referendum question’

FRESH claims that Alex Salmond was attempting to “engineer” a second referendum question surfaced yesterday.

Correspondence, uncovered by Freedom of Information legislation, revealed Mr Salmond wrote to Martin Sime, of Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations, asking him to encourage people to have their say about the “format” of the referendum.

Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie said: “This shows that just a few months ago, Alex Salmond was attempting to engineer support for a second question, despite his public protestations.”

The First Minister’s spokesman said: “The SCVO has an absolute right to speak its mind on the issue.”