Mr Brown told his audience: "We the Scots decided over a long period of time in the last century that instead of having a Scottish poor law and a Scottish health service and having Scottish pensions and having a Scottish minimum wage that the best way forward was to pool and share our resources across the whole of the UK so that those areas, and those people in greatest need, would get the best help because we drew from the widest pool of resources."

What he's suggesting is nothing like 'independence' in any useful meaning of the phrase.

What he's suggesting is nothing like 'independence' in any useful meaning of the phrase.

Well, he's working for the 'No' campaign so that's hardly a massive shock is it?
As I read it he's basically arguing for a federal system - essentially the Unites States of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.