British Prime Minister David Cameron implored Scots on Wednesday to shun independence to keep the United Kingdom “family” intact as he scrambled to stem a steep rise in secessionist support ahead of the Sept. 18 vote.<\/p>\n
In a sign of panic within the British ruling elite, Cameron and opposition leader Ed Miliband scrapped their weekly question-and-answer session to visit Scotland on Wednesday to ask Scots not to ditch their 307-year union with England.<\/p>\n
“We do not want this family of nations to be ripped apart,” Cameron, 47, said in an opinion piece published in the Daily Mail newspaper. “The United Kingdom is a precious and special country.”<\/p>\n
But Cameron tempered the emotion with a clear warning: “If the UK breaks apart, it breaks apart forever.”<\/p>\n
Cameron has until now been largely absent from the debate after conceding that his privileged background and center-right politics mean he is not the best person to win over Scots, who are usually more left-wing than the English.<\/p>\n
But if Scotland votes for independence, Cameron’s job will be on the line ahead of a national election planned for May 2015.<\/p>\n
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