Staying in EU will keep Scottish independence at bay, say Conservatives

A vote by Britons to stay in the European Union will keep Scottish independence at bay, British Chancellor George Osborne has said, angering nationalists who also support remaining in the bloc. Britain's in-out referendum on EU membership in two weeks' time has drawn up strange partnerships across the usual political divide. Both George Osborne's Conservative unionist party and Scotland's pro-independence devolved government, run by the Scottish National Party (SNP), are campaigning to stay in.