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| Scotland referendum: Carwyn Jones calls for reformed UK | |
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| First Minister Carwyn Jones has urged the people of Scotland to reject independence and help "rebuild" the UK. | |
| He was visiting Scotland on Tuesday in support of the union after opinion polls put the two sides in next week's referendum neck-and-neck. | He was visiting Scotland on Tuesday in support of the union after opinion polls put the two sides in next week's referendum neck-and-neck. |
| The three main UK parties have all proposed extra powers for Scotland if its people vote to reject independence. | The three main UK parties have all proposed extra powers for Scotland if its people vote to reject independence. |
| But a former Plaid Cymru leader said Wales should have confidence to push for independence. | |
| Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, Carwyn Jones called for "solidarity" among the people of the UK. | |
| He said: "There are enormous risks in independence and we in Wales want to make sure our fellow Celts are part of the union. | |
| "There's a great alternative - we can see further devolution, we can see greater autonomy for Scot and to my mind for Wales but at the same time enjoying the benefits of being part of the UK and the EU as well. | |
| "It's not all about fear... there is a positive alternative vision for Scotland." | |
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| Mr Jones accepted it had taken time for the pro-union parties to agree on "a common way forward", and called again for a constitutional convention to discuss the UK's future. | |
| "We should sit down and work out what the UK should look like over the next few years," he said. | |
| "If things are clearer, it's easier for the general public... to understand who does what. | |
| "That process will have to happen whatever the result next Thursday so we have greater clarity in terms of the way the UK operates." | |
| But the former Plaid Cymru leader Dafydd Wigley said Wales should have the same confidence as Scotland in pushing for independence. | |
| "If I was a Scot I most certainly would be voting yes because that's the only way they will have control over the future well being of their country and not to be subservient to the needs of London and particularly the city of London from now to infinitum," he told BBC Radio Wales. | |
| He said if the Scots missed this chance to vote for independence they would "live to regret it". | |
| Mr Wigley added: "We have got to get the political clout if we are going to get a fair deal for Wales whatever the outcome of this referendum and that is a central message." |