Inequality and poverty could “survive until doomsday” if Alex Salmond wins Scotland’s independence referendum, according to Gordon Brown.
In a groundbreaking event, the former prime minister joked, joshed and heaped praise on his “good friend” Alistair Darling despite previous tensions. They insisted they had an enduring friendship at the gathering in Dundee, where Mr Brown launch a scathing critique of the first minister’s economic plans for an independent Scotland.
He was appearing publicly alongside his former chancellor for the first time since the two fell out after the end of Labour’s time in office. Mr Darling introduced him to an audience of about 200 at a Better Together rally as “my good colleague Gordon Brown who is campaigning tirelessly on behalf of the campaign to