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Salmond likens Osborne to Thatcher in sterling row

Alex Salmond has compared George Osborne’s warnings over Scottish independence and ruling out of sharing sterling with Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “sermon on the mound” to Scottish Christians 25 years ago.

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Salmond mocks Osborne's 'Sermon on the Pound'

Alex Salmond has hit out at George Osborne's warning that an independent Scotland could not share currency with the rest of the UK - comparing it to an infamous speech by Margaret Thatcher.

The Scottish first minister said Osborne had made a "monumental error" with what he called a "Sermon on the Pound".

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