3:10~ 4:23 Vote to stick together! Vote to stay! Vote to save our United Kingdom! If you dont like me I wont be here forever! If you dont like like this government it wont last forever! But if you stay live in United Kingdom that will be forever! by David Cameron, PM of UK What a wonderful speech!!! Scotland will face painful divorce, says David Cameron in emotional speech (Nicholas Watt, chief political correspondent theguardian, Monday 15 September 2014 18.36 BST) In voice close to breaking, prime minister spells out cost of Scotland leaving on final visit before independence voteDavid Cameron has delivered a stark message to the people of Scotland that they would face a painful divorce from the rest of United Kingdom if they voted for independence in the referendum on Thursday. In an emotional speech on his final visit north of the border before polling day, the prime minister warned that a yes vote would end the UK for good, for ever and would deprive the Scottish people of a shared currency and pooled pension arrangements. In a seeming attempt to reach out to voters who might be tempted to support independence to free Scotland from the Tories, Cameron said that he would not be prime minister forever – but a break with the rest of the UK would be permanent. In remarks that were more diplomatic than his joke last week about the effing Tories, the prime minister told a Conservative Friends of the Union audience in Aberdeen: If you dont like me – I wont be here forever. If you dont like this government – it wont last forever. But if you leave the UK – that will be forever. The prime minister, whose voice was close to breaking with emotion, travelled to Scotland for his final visit before the referendum to spell out in clear terms the exact costs of independence. In language that was blunter than the soft tones of his appearance in Edinburgh last week, the prime minister said: It is my duty to be clear about the likely consequences of a yes vote. Independence would not be a trial separation. It would be a painful divorce. Cameron said listed the benefits of UK membership that the people of Scotland would lose after a yes vote. Scotland would lose: a shared currency with the rest of the UK; armed forces we built up over centuries; pension funds that would be sliced up – at some cost. Independence would also mean borders would become international and more than half of Scottish mortgages suddenly be provided by banks in a foreign country. The prime minister warned people not to be fooled by the promises of the SNP which was good, he said, at painting a positive picture. He said: I also know that the people who are running the yes campaign are painting a picture of a Scotland that is better in every way, and they can be good at painting that picture. But when something looks too good to be true, thats usually because it is. In one of the most emotional sections of his speech, the prime minister said: As you reach your final decision, please dont let anyone tell you that you cant be a proud Scot and a proud Brit … So please, from all of us: vote to stick together. Vote to stay. Vote to save our United Kingdom.
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