Yes Scotland’s chief executive launched a stinging attack on the Union as he tried to inspire activists at the SNP conference.
Blair Jenkins said independence was the chance for Scotland to follow a new path and leave behind the “corrosive and cynical world of Westminster”.
He told a rally for independence, which closed the event in Perth: “Vote Yes and we can say enough to the remote House of Commons and the ridiculous House of Lords; enough of the war-mongers and the job-cutters; enough of the asset-strippers and mortgage-flippers; enough of the welfare-bashers and the bedroom-taxers.
“Let’s be done with them. Let’s make our own decisions and live by our own values. It’s time to speak up for Scotland. It’s time to stand up for Scotland. It’s time to vote Yes.”
Mr Jenkins told delegates the key to winning next September’s referendum lay in the grass-roots campaign being carried to cities, towns and villages across Scotland.
First Minister Alex Salmond told the rally the three key benefits of the Yes campaign would be “trust, passion and commitment” that cannot be matched by opponents.
Meanwhile, Better Together chairman Alistair Darling said that if Mr Salmond does not set out what his Plan B on currency is, the forthcoming Scottish Government White Paper on independence will “not be worth the paper it is written on”.
The former Labour Chancellor said: “No one but a fool would go into a negotiation without a Plan B, so let’s hear it.”