On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.

We were at the stage where in a very short period of time, one of the world's biggest banks would have to shut the door and switch off the electricity.

The global economy is spluttering back into life. The Tories would have left it to choke to death.

Our goal is to make finance the servant, not the master, of the real economy.

As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.

On top of that, we have a healthy and stable economy and an end to the boom and bust that characterised the Tory years.

The question is not whether Scotland can survive as a separate state. Of course it could.