Don't Break Away And Erode UK's Global Clout
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. If we lost Scotland, if the UK changed, we would rip the rug
from under our own reputation." Scots will decide in a referendum on September 18 whether
their nation, which has a population of just over 5 million and is a source of
North Sea oil, should end its 307-year-old union with England and leave the UK.
Cameron said a "yes" vote would imperil Britain's
stability and foreign direct investment.
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