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First Minister Alex Salmond said yesterday that Hillary Clinton’s opposition to Scottish independence could help the Yes campaign in the referendum debate.
“I would hate to have you lose Scotland,” former US Secretary of State Ms Clinton told BBC interviewer Jeremy Paxman.
“We’ll see what the people of Scotland decide, but I would think it would be a loss for both sides,” she said.
Her comments echoed the sentiments of US President Barack Obama who said last week he had a “deep interest” in Britain remaining “a strong, robust, united and effective partner.”
But Alex Salmond hit back yesterday with a lesson in the Scots language.
“I don’t know if Hillary or the president of the United States are familiar with the Scottish word ‘thrawn’,” he said.
“It doesn’t mean stubborn, it basically means Scots don’t like being told what to do.”
“Being told what to do tends to instigate a position in Scotland where we will say we will choose our own way forward.”
