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Would Scotland be forced to join the euro?

Osborne uses the most devastating weapon in the No campaign's arsenal.

By George Eaton

The logic of George Osborne leading the charge against Alex Salmond is slowly revealing itself. The government’s trump card is that an independent Scotland could be forced to join the euro, and the Chancellor is the man to play it. He told ITV News last night: “Alex Salmond has said he’d want Scotland to join the euro and you have to ask yourself is that the currency you want to be joining at the moment.”

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