The naked truth about Swinney's ambitions for independence
Published Date:
30 August 2008
IT IS an interesting question but clearly not one finance secretary John Swinney had ever thought about, bizarrely.
When quizzed by Richard Jeffrey, former chief executive of Edinburgh airport and now president of the city's Chamber of Commerce, as to what would be the first thing he would do if Scotland was declared independent, he looked rather puzzled.
"I could say rather flippantly that I would run naked along Princes Street, but, no – I want to protect you from that awful thought," he joked to a room of more than 400 business movers and shakers at the chamber's annual general meeting at the Sheraton Hotel this week.
But seriously, John?
"I think I would want to see we had taken decisions to make Scotland a more attractive place to do business."
Sounds like independence day (should it ever arrive) will be a non-stop party down at SNP HQ.
The full article contains 157 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
29 August 2008 8:07 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
