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Alistair Darling threatens to walk out of STV independence debate with Salmond

on Jun 25, 2014 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Alistair Darling, head of the pro-UK Better Together campaign group, has threatened to walk out of a televised TV debate with his nemesis, Alex Salmond, after accusing broadcaster STV of caving into the First Minister’s demands.

STV wants to reschedule the planned encounter from 16 July after Salmond said he would not participate unless UK Prime Minister David Cameron also took part – despite insisting for months that the schedule was non-negotiable.

Salmond did say he was prepared to debate with Salmond, but not until August. This prompted Better Together to retort that they would not participate in a rescheduled event to Read full story ›

Source: The Drum