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Salmond slams Cameron for ‘scaremongering’ over Scotland vote

Alex Salmond has claimed British Prime Minister David Cameron’s “fingerprints are all over a scaremongering” campaign ahead of this week’s referendum on Scottish independence. Scotland First Minister Salmond hit out during a meeting with Scottish business leaders at Edinburgh Airport on Monday. He also repeated his allegation that the Treasury leaked information to the media over RBS plans to relocate its headquarters to England if there is a Yes vote. His comments come after a number of banks, businesses and leading retailers voiced their concerns over independence.

When you try to pressurise people, pressurise companies, as the Prime Minister has undoubtedly been doing and indeed the Treasury, then that’s a different circumstance.

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond

Voters will decide the future of Scotland when they go to the polls on Thursday. Cameron, who campaigned in Edinburgh last week, is also back in Scotland today. When he addressed financial services workers last week, he told them it would break his heart if Scots voted Yes and split apart the UK “family of nations”. Today, he is expected to issue a stark warning to waverers that there could be “no going back” if they opt for independence

I think people in Scotland will know the Prime Minister’s fingerprints are all over the scaremongering campaign and the Treasury’s fingerprints are all over the bank campaign.

Alex Salmond