Salmond hits back at Osborne in currency union row

Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has accused the three main UK parties of "bluff, bluster and bullying" after they rejected plans to share the pound with an independent Scotland.

Salmond (pictured) responded to UK Chancellor George Osborne - who said yesterday a vote for Scottish independence would mean walking away from the pound - by attacking the three main UK party leaders. Speaking to the BBC's Newsnight programme, Salmond said the three pro-union politicians were guilty of "bluff because what they say now and what they say the day after a 'yes' vote are two entirely different things. "Bluster because we are expected to believe that the Osborne idea is to tell business in England next year at the UK general election that he wants to impose a new tax on th...