Reveal policy options, says Salmond

ALEX SALMOND has said the next Yes campaign needs to be more open about the policy choices for an independent Scotland, including currency.

The former First Minister said any future pro-indepedence campaign needs to list all of the currency options open and “should not be frightened of listing options of genuine policy choices that an independent state might wish to pursue”.

Writing in a proindependence newspaper, he said: “Indyref2 can’t just be the same.

“As Leicester seem to be finding out in the Premier League, you can’t just roll out the same tactics and trust them to be as effective as before.

“Of course the Scottish Government should again publish a White Paper with comprehensive detail on the way forward.

“However, this time our prospectus should not be frightened of listing options of genuine policy choices that an independent state might wish to pursue.

“To take a personal example, our presentation on key issues such as the currency should be much more like that which I laid out in the second [ TV] referendum debate, rather than the first!”

Tory leader Ruth Davidson led a day of antiindependence street stalls across Scotland yesterday and said: “There is no justification to drag us back to an argument that belongs in the past.”