By Gerri Peev, Political Correspondent Action: Former Chancellor Alistair Darling claims the English should have a vote on whether a separate Scotland could keep the pound The English should have a vote on whether a separate Scotland could keep the pound, former Chancellor Alistair Darling has said. Mr Darling - who leads the pro-union Better Together campaign - suggested that residents in the rest of the United Kingdom could seal the fate of whether an independent Scotland is part of a currency union. Scottish separatists were given a boost last weekend when an unnamed minister said that ‘of course’ Scotland could keep sterling as part of negotiations.
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Alastair Darling claims the English should have a vote on currency union
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Suggests residents in rest of Britain could seal fate of separate Scotland
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Better Together campaign cites threat of losing pound as main argument
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Only Scots will have a say on whether they stay in the UK in referendum
But Mr Darling added to the confusion by holding out the possibility of a UK-wide referendum, likening Scots keeping the pound to the controversy about @placeholder entering the euro.
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