I am sorry to be leaving the post of secretary of state for Scotland.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.
Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course.
I am wholeheartedly in favour of an independent Scotland.
In GOP land, apologies and resignations are never enough.
I was not interested in being minister of defense or minister of foreign affairs.
I never expected to be Defence Secretary. It's a great privilege.
That is why with enormous regret I have tendered my resignation to the prime minister today.
I have no ambitions to be a cabinet minister, or prime minister. I wouldn't wish being prime minister on my worst enemy.
I'm William Wallace, and the rest of you will be spared. Go back to England and tell them... Scotland is free!
O! Desolated Scotland, too credulous of fair speeches, and not aware of the calamities which are coming upon you! If you were to judge as I do, you would not easily put your neck under a foreign yoke.