article_snippet: The comments, in a round of broadcast interviews this morning, were immediately seized on by the Tories, with defence minister Anna Soubry branding them 'terrifying'.
article_snippet: Appearing alongside the former Scottish first minister on the BBC's Andrew Marr show, defence minister Anna Soubry said: '
article_snippet: The thought that we are in a position where you can be actually controlling in the way that you have described this United Kingdom fills me with absolute horror. '
article_snippet: Tory defence minister Anna Soubry said Mr Salmond's remarks were 'terrifying'.
article_snippet: Tory defence minister Anna Soubry said: 'The thought that we are in a position where you can be actually controlling in the way that you have described this United Kingdom fills me with absolute horror' Mr Salmond's mooted an example where Mr Salmond's would propose an amendment to Budget legislation in order to create a high-speed rail line to Edinburgh. '
highlights_snippet: Former Scottish First Minister said the threat to control UK budgets 'terrifying' 