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Scottish Tory Party conference: Labour's Darling to address fringe meeting Scottish Tory Party conference: Labour's Darling delivers pro-Union message
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Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling will address a fringe meeting of the Scottish Tory Party conference. Former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling has addressed a fringe meeting of the Scottish Tory Party conference.
He is expected to stand alongside former Scottish Conservative Party leader Annabel Goldie and speak in favour of keeping the Union intact. He was introduced by former Scottish Conservative Party leader Annabel Goldie and spoke in favour of keeping the Union intact.
The Tories and Labour speak with the same anti-Scottish independence voice. The Tories and Labour are delivering the same anti-Scottish independence message.
Mr Darling will be appearing at the conference event organised by the pro-Union campaign group Better Together, which he is chairman of. Mr Darling appeared at the event organised by pro-Union group Better Together, which he is chairman of.
The people of Scotland will take part in a Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, 18 September 2014. They will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?" The people of Scotland will take part in a Scottish independence referendum on Thursday, 18 September 2014. They will be asked the yes/no question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?".
Ahead of the fringe meeting, Edinburgh MP Mr Darling said the future of Scotland was too important to allow party politics to get in the way. During his speech Mr Darling said he was confident the case against yes to independence could be won.
He added: "On many issues I disagree profoundly with the other political parties that support Better Together. However, all of us are united by our determination to keep Scotland in the UK. He emphasised his pride in being Scottish, but also his pride in being British.
"The nationalists have waited their entire lives for this moment to come along. While it may seem that their entire case is falling apart at the moment, we cannot, for one moment, allow ourselves to be complacent. "I don't want to choose, I want to be both," Mr Darling said.
"They know that they only have to win once and they only need to win by one vote in order to bring to an end 300 years of shared history. We cannot allow this to happen. We have too much to lose." The remark was similar to that of Scottish Conservative Party leader, Ruth Davidson, who used her conference speech just moments before to say: "I don't want to have to choose between two different parts of my identity."
Military communities
The presence at the conference of Mr Darling, who was chancellor from 2007 to the general election in 2010, was referred to when Conservative Party leader David Cameron made his keynote speech to delegates on Friday morning.The presence at the conference of Mr Darling, who was chancellor from 2007 to the general election in 2010, was referred to when Conservative Party leader David Cameron made his keynote speech to delegates on Friday morning.
He told those gathered: "We've even got Alastair Darling coming to this conference to say we're better together.He told those gathered: "We've even got Alastair Darling coming to this conference to say we're better together.
"When one of our conference darlings is a Labour MP - you know that this isn't about party politics."When one of our conference darlings is a Labour MP - you know that this isn't about party politics.
"Because we all know that we're stronger together. Richer together. Better together.""Because we all know that we're stronger together. Richer together. Better together."
Promotional film The theme of the Better Together fringe meeting focused on the British Army.
The theme of the Better Together fringe meeting will focus on the British Army. Mr Darling told the meeting that over the coming weeks, the pro-UK campaign group would visit military communities to discuss the importance of Scotland remaining part of the UK.
He will tell the meeting that over the coming weeks, the pro-UK campaign group will visit military communities to discuss the importance of Scotland remaining part of the UK. A new Better Together promotional film was shown for the first time at the event, featuring former members of the British Armed Forces and their families.
A new Better Together promotional film will be shown for the first time at the event, featuring former members of the British Armed Forces and their families.
The Scottish Tories are the last of the four main parties at Holyrood to hold a conference in 2013.
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson will be the main speaker on Saturday, the second day of the get-together.