There’s not much the Cabinet can do about accusations by the SNP that today’s visit to Aberdeen is a typical Westminster attempt to bully Scots by flying up to make yet another tranche of negative announcements about the consequences of independence, focusing this time on North Sea oil. If Cabinet ministers didn’t make this trip, they would be accused of being feart. On balance, it’s better to engage than cower, even if today’s offensive by Ed Davey and others hardly helps the impression that the ‘No’ campaign is wholly negative.
But whether or not the Prime Minister or colleagues find themselves accidentally bumping into Alex Salmond as the two rival camps both meet in Aberdeen, there is one question the ‘No’ camp must address, which is it’s credibility when it makes negative assertions about currency union and other matters.
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