Independence currency plan branded a "shambles" ALEX Salmond's plans to keep the pound after independence was branded a "complete shambles" as he came under fire from opposition leaders at Holyrood today. The First Minister was accused of being isolated on the issue after the head of the official pro-independence campaign called for a separate Scottish currency, following similar calls by former SNP leader Gordon Wilson and deputy leader Jim Fairlie. Labour leader Johann Lamont dismissed Mr Salmond's own claim this week that he would "bet his house" on a Yes vote in next year's referendum. "He's taking a gamble with everyone's house and everyone's jobs with a currency plan he self-evidently hasn't thought through," Ms Lamont said during First Ministers Questions today. She pointed to Yes Scotland chairman Dennis Canavan's intervention this week. It came after Chancellor George Osborne said recently that the remaining UK was unlikely to back a Euro-style currency union with Scotland after independence, amid concerns of the financial meltdown taking place across the continent. "This is a complete shambles," she said. The people of Scotland deserve honesty and clarity. This isn't about the First Minister's bravado and gambling, this isn't about a smart soundbite for him. This is about people's jobs, their homes, their mortgages, their pensions and their savings. For the sake of clarity will the First Minister rule out a separate Scottish currency? Tory alliance The First Minister did not respond to this, but warned that Labour party in Scotland is risking support over its alliance with the Tories in the pro-union Better Together campaign. "Isn't the big risk in Scottish politics, the risk to the Labour party and the gamble they're taking by campaigning hand-in-hand, shoulder-to-shoulder with the Conservative party," Mr Salmond said. The two main pro-union parties, along with the Lib Dems, all had different positions on joining the euro going into the last UK election, he said. "What I think is interesting is the suggestion that the Better Together campaign has a single policy, there's three polices for every part of it," he said. The First Minister said the SNP Government's currency policy was supported by "more nobel laureates than you can shake a stick at." He added that both George Osborne and Treasury secretary Danny Alexander did not rule out a separate Scottish currency during a visit to Scotland last week. At no point in all of the interviews they did, despite the bluff and bluster, did they say no. They know that the policy being put forward is in the interests of Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom. Pensions Tory leader Ruth Davidson pointed to the recent concerns over the prospect of the pensions system after independence raised by Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS). She added: "On currency and pensions is he not gambling with the financial future of every man, woman and child in Scotland." Lib Dem chief Willie Rennie claimed the First Minister's refusal to budge on a separate Scottish currency was reminiscent of the late Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Now that he's dug in on his British currency plan, is the First Minister transforming into the Mrs Thatcher of of Scottish politics or is her for turning? But Mr Salmond insisted the SNP administration will continue to put forward the "best of interests of Scotland which has worked rather successfully for SNP over the past few years." SEE ALSO: Scottish independence: What are the currency options?