Cameron urges Scotland not to rip apart "family of nations"
- 10 years ago
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British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday (September 10) that he would be heartbroken if Scots vote in next week's referendum on independence to tear apart the family of the nations of the United Kingdom.
Cameron, speaking at the Scottish Widows building in Edinburgh, also cautioned that a currency union with an independent Scotland would not work and that if Scots did vote for secession, Britain would not share the pound.
"I care hugely about this extraordinary country, this United Kingdom that we have built together and that's what I want to talk about today because I would be heartbroken if this family of nations that we have put together and that we have done such amazing things together if this family of nations was torn apart," Cameron said, adding that a vote on independence went far beyond dissatisfaction with the present Conservative government.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday (September 10) that he would be heartbroken if Scots vote in next week's referendum on independence to tear apart the family of the nations of the United Kingdom.
Cameron, speaking at the Scottish Widows building in Edinburgh, also cautioned that a currency union with an independent Scotland would not work and that if Scots did vote for secession, Britain would not share the pound.
"I care hugely about this extraordinary country, this United Kingdom that we have built together and that's what I want to talk about today because I would be heartbroken if this family of nations that we have put together and that we have done such amazing things together if this family of nations was torn apart," Cameron said, adding that a vote on independence went far beyond dissatisfaction with the present Conservative government.
"Sometimes because it's an election, because it's a ballot I t