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Alastair Darling: Scotland will reject independence
Former chancellor goes head-to-head with Alex Salmond in TV debate

EX-LABOUR chancellor Alistair Darling spoke yesterday of his “increasing confidence” that Scotland will reject independence as voting gets under way in the historic referendum.

More than 600,000 people who registered for a postal vote will receive their ballot papers today.

And Better Together campaign leader Mr Darling admitted he is prepared for a “fight right down to the wire.”

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