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Cameron to Scotland: Don't break away and erode UK's global clout
Source: Reuters
Cameron to Scotland: Don't break away and erode UK's global clout
BY ANDREW OSBORN
LONDON Fri Feb 7, 2014 9:07am EST
(Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron made an emotional appeal on Friday for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom, warning Scots a vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
Speaking in London, Cameron, an Englishman whose Conservative party has only one of 59 UK-wide seats in Scotland, made his most passionate defense yet of the UK, which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"We would be deeply diminished without Scotland," Cameron told an audience in the cavernous London velodrome used for the 2012 Olympic Games, saying he would fight with all he had to hold the country he governs together.
"Together, we get a seat at the U.N. Security Council, real clout in NATO and Europe, and the prestige to host events like the G8. Make no mistake: we matter more as a United Kingdom - politically, militarily, diplomatically and culturally too.
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BY ANDREW OSBORN
LONDON Fri Feb 7, 2014 9:07am EST
(Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron made an emotional appeal on Friday for Scotland to remain part of the United Kingdom, warning Scots a vote for independence would undermine Britain's global clout and imperil its financial and political stability.
Speaking in London, Cameron, an Englishman whose Conservative party has only one of 59 UK-wide seats in Scotland, made his most passionate defense yet of the UK, which comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"We would be deeply diminished without Scotland," Cameron told an audience in the cavernous London velodrome used for the 2012 Olympic Games, saying he would fight with all he had to hold the country he governs together.
"Together, we get a seat at the U.N. Security Council, real clout in NATO and Europe, and the prestige to host events like the G8. Make no mistake: we matter more as a United Kingdom - politically, militarily, diplomatically and culturally too.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/07/us-britain-scotland-cameron-idUSBREA160SV20140207
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