David Cameron rejects TV debate with Alex Salmond I understand why you might wish to pursue a diversionary tactic. It is a convenient means of deflecting attention away from the real issues, the lack of credibility of your plans for a currency union, funding pensions and managing volatile oil revenues. You want the independence debate to be an argument between you and me; the Scottish Government and UK Government; the SNP and Conservative Party - in fact anything rather than what it really is about. Nor is your argument with the rest of the United Kingdom, it is with the people in Scotland. The Prime Minister said the consequences of the vote on September 18 next year, when Scots will be asked, "Should Scotland be an independent country?," would be "irreversible" and felt long after both politicians had retired. "The referendum is therefore too important to be reduced to the status of some glorified general election," he added. People should cast their vote in the knowledge that they are deciding not just for themselves, but also for their children, grandchildren and succeeding generations. It is for people in Scotland to decide. And it is right for you and Alistair Darling - as the leaders of the respective campaigns, with votes to cast as well as votes to win - to debate head-to-head on TV. Mr Salmond accused the Prime Minister of being "feart," and claimed he was in the "impossible" position of continuing to enter the debate from London while refusing to debate the issue in Scotland. He added: "The highly political nature of the Prime Minister?s letter rather makes my point for me. I would like the opportunity to counter the various spurious and unfounded claims about an independent Scotland he has made in his letter, and the best way to do that is by way of a live televised debate. The Government in which Mr Cameron serves as Prime Minister is central to the entire referendum debate from the perspective of the No campaign. The reality is, his Government continues to make decisions affecting Scotland, such as the implementation of the hated bedroom tax and the deeply unpopular privatisation of the Royal Mail, despite the fact an overwhelming majority of Scots didn?t vote for him or the Tory Party. He said he had noted the Prime Minister's apparent unwillingness to take part in another general election debate and people would draw their own conclusions, adding: "Indeed, I believe his refusal to debate Scotland's future with me can be summed up in one word, feart." A spokesman for the Better Together campaign said Mr Salmond had no interest in debating the details of separation and only wanted to "drive a wedge between Scotland and the rest of the UK." He added" "David Cameron does not have a vote in this referendum. Alistair Darling does. He is ready to debate Alex Salmond any time and any place.