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New documents reveal that Ian Blackford tried to get Scottish Government to prove Scexit pensions myth was true


Ian Blackford attempted to get the Scottish Government to prove him right about Westminster continuing to pay pensions of Scots but was slapped down by a minister.

The former SNP Westminster leader told ITV Border last year that the UK Government would pay pensions if Scotland voted for independence.



This is a long-peddled myth which some nationalists claim would happen but that the Scottish Government has moved away from officially saying due to the fact it is untrue.

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Mr Blackford’s claim was even backed up by finance secretary Kate Forbes who bowed down to his inner knowledge of banking and by Christine Grahame at the most recent SNP conference.

However, all other written documents and evidence point to the fact that this is in fact not true, with even Nicola Sturgeon moving away from this.

Blackford with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon(Image: PA Wire/PA Images)

And now newly released documentation has found that Mr Blackford attempted to get the Scottish Government to prove his point about pensions but was told that it was not true.



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