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David Cameron to plead with Scotland's voters to say no to independence
theguardian.com ^ | February 7, 2014 | Nicholas Watt

Posted on 02/07/2014 2:29:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

David Cameron will make a heartfelt plea to the people of Scotland on Friday to vote for continued membership of the UK as he issues a strong warning against the dangers of complacency about the results of the referendum in seven months' time.

Amid jitters in the pro-UK camp that opinion polls may be shifting in the direction of independence before the vote on 18 September, the prime minister will visit the scene of Team GB's success at the London 2012 Olympics to declare: "We want you to stay."

Cameron's speech, described by the SNP deputy first minister Nicola Sturgeon as a "tawdry bid to use the Olympic Games as a political tool", is designed to change the tone of the Better Together pro-UK campaign which has been criticised for being relentlessly negative.

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1 posted on 02/07/2014 2:29:45 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Dave’s speech will convince more people to vote Yes. The man is a fool.


2 posted on 02/07/2014 2:59:22 AM PST by MadMitch (nemo me impune lacessit)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Starting momentarily -

Sky News HQ

3 posted on 02/07/2014 3:00:12 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: MadMitch
February 6, 2014 The English make the case for the break-up of Britain
4 posted on 02/07/2014 3:03:50 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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Results for #indyref
5 posted on 02/07/2014 3:22:18 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“...Unfortunately, with this tawdry bid to use the Olympic Games – past and present – as a political tool, David Cameron has exposed the utter hypocrisy and double standards at the heart of the No campaign.”

How much does anyone want to bet that the YesNP uses the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow this summer in a ‘tawdry bid’ to promote the Yes campaign?


6 posted on 02/07/2014 3:42:03 AM PST by sinsofsolarempirefan
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Freedom!


7 posted on 02/07/2014 4:15:57 AM PST by 2001convSVT (Going Galt as fast as I can.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Union Jack without Scotland:


8 posted on 02/07/2014 4:20:02 AM PST by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Someone needs to explain to the Scots the concept of no more welfare.


9 posted on 02/07/2014 4:25:36 AM PST by iowamark (I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy)
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To: 2001convSVT

You jest, of course.


10 posted on 02/07/2014 4:30:12 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: Berlin_Freeper; All

Globalism makes everyone codependent...


11 posted on 02/07/2014 5:28:15 AM PST by SeminoleCounty (Diversity is just racism against white folks)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

If Scotland votes for independence will they be a republic or restore the king?


12 posted on 02/07/2014 6:06:57 AM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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To: All

The revenge of William Wallace...........


13 posted on 02/07/2014 6:11:21 AM PST by Boonie
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To: ops33

The manifesto of the ‘Yes’ campaign makes it quite clear that there will be no change to the head of state. The British monarch will be head of state in the same way that she is now for many commonwealth countries.
Incidentally, Scotland will not need to ‘restore the king’ because Scotland has never lost its monarch. At the Union of the Crowns in at the beginning of the 17th century the reigning Scottish monarch inherited the English throne, but remained King of Scotland also.


14 posted on 02/07/2014 9:05:55 AM PST by Winniesboy
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To: ops33

Considering their political proclivities, they’ll become a “People’s Republic.”


15 posted on 02/07/2014 9:07:21 AM PST by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Rempublicam)
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To: Winniesboy

Thanks for the info.


16 posted on 02/07/2014 12:19:13 PM PST by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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