Conservative leader David Cameron has strongly defended the Union, pledging to fight the "ugly stain of separatism seeping through the Union flag".
That’s more like it.
He added: "The SNP now promise to deliver independence in 10 years and at the same time there are those in England who want the SNP to succeed, who would like to see the Union fail."
"They seek to use grievances to foster a narrow English nationalism. I have a message for them: I will never let you succeed."
Hurrah!
The fight-back against the devolution disaster starts now, Dave’s full-square behind the Union, the one sovereign parliament and there’ll be no more separatist Tory Talk about "English votes for English Measures", Rifkind’s Grand Committee or the "English Parliament".
At least for today, whilst he's north of Hadrian's Wall.
4 comments:
I dont know but have you noticed something here.When they talk about trying to save the union no one mentions NI.Now that cant be good news can it
Anon.
That's just because NI's more secure than Scotland now: only half our government is made up of secessionists.
beano
And what do you think about his comments saying that he would rather go against the constitution than see the break up of the Union? D
And what do you think about his comments saying that he would rather go against the constitution than see the break up of the Union?
I have only read highlights of the speech, but I haven't seen that bit.
On a pedantic level, we don't have a "constitution" so I'm not sure what he was getting at there, he would abolish the devolved parliaments or what?
I must admit I'm rather sceptical of this "more Unionist than thou" stance, I'll wait to see what develops as Tory policy in England first before I'm convinced 100% of his sincerity.
Nevertheless, this from Conservative Home is interesting:
One Scottish Tory MSP speaking to ConservativeHome feels that the mood of the London Conservatives has changed in recent weeks:
"We were worried that Cameron might have risked the Union when the party's opinion poll rating was so weak. There was a strong temptation to go for the English vote and play the Scottish card against Brown. That temptation has faded as the Tory opinion poll rating has risen. We now believe that Cameron's Unionism is coming back to the fore and that is a huge relief."
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