Dover

Toque has learned that Edinburgh Castle, which looks down over Scotland's capital city, is being flogged off by the Government in a desperate bid to raise some cash after the failure of Scotland's banks.

The leading bidder is the Wal-Mart, which also owns Asda.

Industry sources say Edinburgh Castle could fetch up to £500 million with retail rights.

UPDATE

My mistake, it's the Port of Dover in England that Gordon Brown is thinking of selling - to the French - along with the Student Loans Book (English), the Dartford Crossing (English), English Hospitals, English libraries, channel rail link, cemeteries, public housing estates, school playing fields and Urenco, headquartered in England.

Silly of me to believe that Brown would sell off anything Scottish. Must check my sources in future.

See CEP: Brown's £16bn fire sale of England's assets