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| Scottish independence: Ed Miliband urges people to fly Saltire across the UK to show support for union | Scottish independence: Ed Miliband urges people to fly Saltire across the UK to show support for union |
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| Ed Miliband has called for people across the UK to fly the Saltire to show support for keeping Scotland in the UK as the independence referendum approaches. | Ed Miliband has called for people across the UK to fly the Saltire to show support for keeping Scotland in the UK as the independence referendum approaches. |
| A YouGov poll on Sunday put the “yes” vote ahead for the first time - at 51 per cent against the “no” camp at 49 per cent - after a late surge in support for secession. | A YouGov poll on Sunday put the “yes” vote ahead for the first time - at 51 per cent against the “no” camp at 49 per cent - after a late surge in support for secession. |
| The Labour leader raised the blue and white flag above Liverpool’s council building on Tuesday morning with the city’s mayor, Joe Anderson. | The Labour leader raised the blue and white flag above Liverpool’s council building on Tuesday morning with the city’s mayor, Joe Anderson. |
| He said he would campaign “night and day” to stop Scotland seceding on 18 September. | He said he would campaign “night and day” to stop Scotland seceding on 18 September. |
| “Over the next few days we want cities, towns and villages across the UK to send a message to Scotland: stay with us,” Mr Miliband said. | “Over the next few days we want cities, towns and villages across the UK to send a message to Scotland: stay with us,” Mr Miliband said. |
| .@Ed_Miliband & @joeforliverpool raise a Saltire above Liverpool. A simple message - Scotland stay with us. #indyref pic.twitter.com/vOmVktQnb2 | .@Ed_Miliband & @joeforliverpool raise a Saltire above Liverpool. A simple message - Scotland stay with us. #indyref pic.twitter.com/vOmVktQnb2 |
| “We want to see the Saltire flying above buildings all across our country. | “We want to see the Saltire flying above buildings all across our country. |
| “We are starting here in Liverpool by raising the Saltire to show we achieve fairness, equality and social justice better together than we do apart.” | “We are starting here in Liverpool by raising the Saltire to show we achieve fairness, equality and social justice better together than we do apart.” |
| Mr Miliband said people care about inequality “wherever we find it”, citing child poverty in Glasgow and Liverpool, unemployment in Motherwell and Newcastle and “social justice” in Dundee and Carlisle as examples. | Mr Miliband said people care about inequality “wherever we find it”, citing child poverty in Glasgow and Liverpool, unemployment in Motherwell and Newcastle and “social justice” in Dundee and Carlisle as examples. |
| “In the final days of this referendum we will campaign night and day to preserve the United Kingdom and we will do that with a message from all parts of the United Kingdom – that we are better together,” he added. | “In the final days of this referendum we will campaign night and day to preserve the United Kingdom and we will do that with a message from all parts of the United Kingdom – that we are better together,” he added. |
| The Labour Party faces losing its 41 Scottish MPs with a “yes” vote, seriously reducing their prospect of winning a majority in the general election. | The Labour Party faces losing its 41 Scottish MPs with a “yes” vote, seriously reducing their prospect of winning a majority in the general election. |