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Both sides did some posturing and there were veiled threats. I don't think any of that would have borne out, personally.
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As threats go, this one wasn't particularly veiled:
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A former deputy leader of the SNP has warned "scaremongering" business leaders they face a "day of reckoning" if Scotland votes for independence.
Jim Sillars accused some of "subverting Scotland's democratic process" and called for oil firm BP to be nationalised after independence.
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He said: "This referendum is about power, and when we get a 'Yes' majority we will use that power for a day of reckoning with BP and the banks.
"The heads of these companies are rich men, in cahoots with a rich English Tory Prime Minister, to keep Scotland's poor poorer through lies and distortions. The power they have now to subvert our democracy will come to an end with a 'Yes'.
"BP, in an independent Scotland, will need to learn the meaning of nationalisation, in part or in whole, as it has in other countries who have not been as soft as we have been forced to be.
"As for the bankers: your casino days, rescued by socialisation of your liabilities while you waltz off with the profits, will be over."
Mr Sillars added: "What kind of people do these companies think we are? They will find out."
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Scottish independence: Jim Sillars warns of 'day of reckoning'
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I also think that the whole matter of currency would have been resolved amicably- it would be in the best interests of both Scotland and the rUK to do so.
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Scotland expected to leave the UK but take with them the currency and the Bank of England's protection as lender of last resort.
Mr Salmond kept banging on about how it was 'Scotland's Pound as well'. No, Mr Salmond, it's the UK's Pound and when you leave the UK you leave its currency.
If bare faced cheek was an Olympic sport, he'd have been a gold medallist.