Mr Volker, who now runs the McCain Institute on behalf of the former presidential candidate John McCain, said Scotland may not have to reapply for membership if, for example, it chose to share its defence with the rest of the UK, in the same way as Mr Salmond wishes to share a currency.

BBC: Scotland politics

"It's been a long night as we have begun to deal with the tremendous loss that happened last night, and on behalf of Marine Corps Base Quantico and the Officer Candidate School, I want to express my sincere condolences to the families, the friends...of the three Marines that we lost last night, " Col.

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"There's little merit in trying to split the vote between Ken, who's essentially running London along Labour lines, and another candidate on behalf of the Labour Party... that could ultimately run the risk of allowing a Conservative to come through the middle, " said Mr Dismore.

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But the husband of the prisoner Marian Price has told me on a couple of occasions he doesn't back the idea of a proxy candidate standing on his wife's behalf.

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As I quipped on Twitter this morning, if Ivanishvili (someone who has repeatedly and forcefully advocated on behalf of EU and NATO membership) is really the best Manchurian candidate that the Russians can dig up, then their bench is even thinner than I would have guessed and the GRU and the FSB need to urgently re-evaluate their recruiting procedures.

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