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Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) is a reminder to Scots that they are being governed by “Tory-led governments people in Scotland don’t vote for,” said Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney.
As the penultimate PMQs before the referendum took place yesterday, Mr Swinney said independence would switch hundreds of millions of pounds of spending from Westminster priorities to Scottish needs.
“The sight of Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons is a stark reminder of what a No vote means — Tory-led governments people in Scotland don’t vote for, imposing policies we don’t support and charging us for the privilege,” he said.
“A Yes vote means the opportunity to control economic and tax policy so that many more people in Scotland benefit from our wealth and vast natural resources.
“That’s why we’re better off with Scotland’s future in Scotland’s hands.”
During PMQs Prime Minister David Cameron branded First Minister Alex Salmond’s threat to default on Scotland’s share of the national debt upon independence “one of the most chilling” claims made throughout the referendum debate.
Mr Salmond has previously warned he will default unless Scotland is allowed to keep using the pound as part of a sterling zone.
Later in the heated session — during which SNP MP Angus MacNeil was told by the Speaker to calm down — Tory MP Edward Leigh claimed losing the union would be a “national humiliation of catastrophic proportions.”
Meanwhile the No campaign celebrated an early victory on the football field after the Better Together side narrowly won a penalty shoot-out against Yes Scotland 5-4, in a charity fundraiser for Scotland United Against Motor Neurone Disease.
